Russian Security Council chief Sergei Shoigu met Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang to discuss Kursk recovery, North Korean troop deployments, and strategic ties.
A multinational watchdog has confirmed that North Korea received mobile air defense systems and missile technology from Russia in exchange for military and labor support in Ukraine.
Captured North Korean soldiers in Ukraine present diplomatic and legal dilemmas, as Seoul seeks asylum arrangements and Pyongyang demands repatriation.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called for full war readiness during a tactical drill, urging the military to treat combat training as its top revolutionary priority.
Kim Jong-un will send a top official to Russia’s Victory Day parade while Xi and Putin meet in Moscow, reinforcing the North Korea Russia alliance amid deepening trilateral ties.
Russia released footage of North Korean troops in combat near Kursk, prompting global condemnation and a UN Security Council session over sanctions violations.
South Korea’s intelligence agency estimates 4,700 North Korean casualties in Russia’s war on Ukraine, while revealing broader military and cyber cooperation between Pyongyang and Moscow.
