The two countries have vowed to expand bilateral relations after North Korea sent troops and weapons in support of Russia’s war against Ukraine.

North Korea said the construction of a new bridge linking it to Russia is a "significant" development of relations between the two countries, state media KCNA reported on Thursday. Russia and North Korea on Wednesday began construction of a road bridge that will span the Tumen River.

Russia and North Korea further fostered their budding alliance with the construction of a new bridge connection between the two countries that have been increasingly isolated from the West. The land bridge over the Tumannaya River will be the first road link between the two countries — previously,