Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.

South Korea's spy agency says an estimated 4,700 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded while fighting alongside Russia against Ukrainian forces North Korean authorities confirmed for ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made a rare visit to the Russian embassy in Pyongyang with his daughter on Friday to celebrate Russia’s victory day to mark the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi ...

The report came a day after South Korea’s military detected multiple launches from North Korea’s eastern coast and assessed that the tests could also be related to the country’s weapons ...

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Mr Kim said North Korea will “consolidate and develop the long tradition of the DPRK-Russia relations, the noble ideological foundation and the invincible alliance”, KCNA reported. North Korea ...

The tests of short-range ballistic missile systems from North Korea's eastern coastal city of Wonsan were detected by South Korea's military the day before. North Korea's first known ballistic ...

At a training site in Russia, the five North Korean soldiers had grins on their faces and guns in their hands. Then they began singing a cappella, belting out a Soviet-era song called “Katyusha ...

Seoul expressed "regret" with China's and Russia's defense of North Korea on Friday, and urged them to "persistently" pressure Pyongyang to return to denuclearization talks. "We express regret ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised tests of short-range ballistic missile systems that simulated nuclear counterstrikes against U.S. and South Korean forces ...

Russian Ambassador to North Korea Aleksandr Matsegora said Russia and North Korea are comprehensive strategic partners and allies. North Korea confirmed for the first time last month that it sent ...