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Russia’s Shoigu back in North Korea to meet Kim Jong Un for 2nd time this month
Top security official’s trip comes less than two weeks after last visit to Pyongyang to discuss Ukraine war
June 17, 2025
Russian government jet lands in North Korea, with second VIP plane in tow
Arrival of presidential fleet jets points to possible visit by high-level officials, two weeks after Shoigu-Kim talks
June 17, 2025
North Korea could reopen Rason to foreign tours in ‘near future’: Travel agency
Policy reversal reportedly comes after Chinese groups visited and could include new rules barring content creators
June 16, 2025
Fears of North Korean axis with China, Russia and Iran are ‘overstated’: Report
But Swedish think tank says Trump hostility could push states together, while estimating DPRK has 50 nuclear warheads
June 16, 2025
North Korea supplying deadly cluster munitions to Russia for rare rocket system
New images show Russia using more DPRK launchers and shells in sign of deepening reliance on Pyongyang
June 16, 2025
Kim Jong Un promotes rocket production at factory likely making arms for Russia
North Korean media still hiding purpose of expansion at Tonghungsan Machine Plant after Kim’s third visit in two years
June 16, 2025
How pro-North Korea groups in Germany expand the regime’s reach
Friendship organizations help the DPRK develop networks in Europe at a time of increasing geopolitical tension
South Koreans see US-China rivalry as bigger threat than North Korea: Poll
Survey also finds wariness of US Forces Korea involvement in Taiwan conflict and skepticism about US nuclear umbrella
June 13, 2025
Trump lifted sanctions on Syria. But that playbook won’t work for North Korea.
Legal framework for DPRK sanctions makes it much harder for US to ease restrictions as part of future nuclear deal
June 13, 2025
North Korea insists its ‘not interested’ in exclusion from new Trump travel ban
An in-depth analysis of spurning US ‘carrots,’ mega resort renovations, a new wholesale market and Kim’s letter to Putin
June 13, 2025
