South Korea plans to repatriate six North Koreans this week despite no response from Pyongyang, highlighting both humanitarian concerns and geopolitical risk.
North Korea aired rare footage of Kim Jong-un mourning a soldier killed in Kursk, as part of a broader effort to justify future troop deployments to Russia.
North Korea and Russia are working to restart direct flights between Pyongyang and Moscow, reflecting expanding cooperation amid shared strategic and economic interests.
The U.S. bombing of Iran’s deeply buried nuclear sites has raised fresh concerns in North Korea about the vulnerability of its underground military infrastructure.
Kim Jong-un will send a top official to Russia’s Victory Day parade while Xi and Putin meet in Moscow, reinforcing the North Korea Russia alliance amid deepening trilateral ties.