Why do Kim Jong-un, Vladimir Putin need each other?
A potential meeting between the leaders of Russia and North Korea has raised the possibility of an arms deal.
North Korea
Kim departs for potential summit with Putin
A summit of the two leader is likely to take place on Tuesday or Wednesday, according to Seoul officials.
China’s vice-premier set to visit North Korea
All eyes are fixed on the reasoning behind China's decision to send a seemingly lower-ranking delegation compared to the previous occasion to commemorate North Korea's Sept. 9…
Potential Kim-Putin summit raises possibility of arms deals
The meeting would come at a crucial time when Pyongyang and Moscow are seen working on holding joint military drills.
Russian defence chief proposed joint drill with North Korea, China: NIS
The assessment by the intelligence agency follows Russian Ambassador to North Korea Alexander Matsegora's interview with Moscow's state-run news agency.
North Korea continues simulating tactical nuclear attacks
The latest drill is the second nuclear attack simulation in three days, which North Korean state media has labelled as a tit-for-tat response to combined field training exercises…
North Korea fires ballistic missiles after US sends bombers
The two short-range ballistic missiles flew around 360 kilometres before splashing down in the East Sea, hours after the US dispatched B-1B strategic bombers separately to conduct…
South Korea holds drills as North Korea vows nuclear build up
The exercises in international waters off Jeju Island focused on tracking projectiles and sharing information about such potential launches by North Korea.
North Korea slams South Korea-US-Japan summit as ‘Asian version of NATO’
The statement came after the North's second attempt to put a spy satellite into space failed, three months after its first launch crashed into the sea.
North Korea admits second satellite launch failure, plans third in October
South Korea, the US, and Japan jointly called on North Korea to immediately reconsider its satellite launch plans, as they contravene pertinent UN Security Council resolutions.