North Korea
North Korea's state media say the new agreement requires the countries to use all available means to provide immediate military assistance in the event of war.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a new partnership that includes a vow of mutual aid if either country is attacked.
The Russian President reportedly arrived in North Korea, after saying the two countries want to overcome U.S.-led sanctions amid intensifying confrontations with Washington.
South Korea’s military says North Korea launched more trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea, following a similar campaign earlier in the week.
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North Korean officials said it would scatter “mounds of wastepaper and filth” over the South in a "tit-for-tat” action against the leafletting by South Korean activists.
During Kim's visit to Russia's main spaceport last year, Putin showed the North Korean leader his personal Anrus Senat limousine and Kim sat in its backseat.
The Army private has been detained by U.S. military and is facing charges including desertion and possessing sexual images of a child.
Tech workers contracting with U.S. companies have secretly sent millions of dollars to North Korea to fund its ballistic missile program, the FBI says.
Pvt. Travis King King bolted into the North while on a tour of the southern side of an inter-Korean truce village.
The two leaders’ interests are aligning in the face of their separate, intensifying confrontations with the United States.