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.

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 ...

The scene is part of a new wave of propaganda that both North Korea and Russia are producing to exalt their partnership, which has deepened as Pyongyang has sent about 15,000 soldiers to support ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un has derided American weapons and praised the role of his troops fighting alongside Russia against Ukraine. Kim, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin ...

Seeking to build momentum in his campaign to win South Korea's presidency, former labour minister and conservative candidate ...

SEOUL-North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw drills that simulated nuclear counterstrikes against Seoul and Washington, state media said on May 9, a day after South Korea’s military flagged ...

The US should adopt a pragmatic approach towards North Korea, taking a “slow and paced” tack on denuclearisation and engaging regional stakeholders such as China, according to a US think tank.

According to a research centre in South Korea, the durian arrived in North Korea in March, having been shipped from Dandong, a port-city in China’s Liaoning province. A businessman who often ...

But South Korea also has one of the world’s most alarming neighbors. In the last year, North Korea has traded troops and ammunition in exchange for Russian technology — on missiles ...