Pyongyang is dependent on the world's second-largest economy, but the "blood-cemented alliance" doesn't extend to security issues.

On Tuesday, South Korean military officials announced that North Korea likely received help from Russia to develop a new air-to-air missile — a missile fired from an aircraft to destroy another aircraft — which is the kind of advanced weaponry that South Korea is attempting to build by 2032.

Two women who fled North Korea have been telling the United Nations about the plight of people still living in the country and urging the world body to hold North Korea's leader accountable for gross human rights violations.

Activists, officials and defectors highlighted human rights violations in North Korea at a high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday, with many directly tying Pyongyang's syste

Russia has announced that its troops have fully reclaimed the Kursk region, nearly nine months after losing chunks of the border territory to a surprise Ukrainian incursion.

The Russian government stated Wednesday that it will coordinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s visit to Russia, but it is too early to mention a specific schedule.

One escaped North Korea only to be sold to a Chinese man for less than US$300. Another was banished to the countryside aged 5.

South Korea's military on Monday raised the possibility that North Korea received technological assistance from Russia in developing a new air-to-air missile following the North's test of the weapon last week.