Putin does not deny North Korea has sent soldiers to Russia

What does North Korea get out of sending its soldiers to fight Russia's war?

Kim Jong Un is sending North Korean troops to aid Russia's war in Ukraine. What might he be getting to help Vladimir Putin?

North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to likely fight against Ukraine, Pentagon says

Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh says North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to train and likely fight against Ukraine within “the next several weeks.”

World - ABC News - October 28

North Korea sent more conventional weapons to Russia, South Korea says

South Korea's spy agency says that North Korea has recently supplied additional artillery systems to Russia to support its war efforts against Ukraine

World - ABC News - 3 days ago

NATO: North Korea troops in Russia "a sign of Putin's growing desperation"

"The deepening military cooperation between Russia and North Korea is a threat to both the Indo-Pacific and Euro-Atlantic security," NATO Secretary-General says.

World - CBS News - October 28

North Korea Sent a Mystery Man to Lead Its Troops Fighting Ukraine

In a country that fetes its military elites like celebrities, Col. Gen. Kim Yong Bok was rarely seen in public. Until he was chosen to lead Pyongyang’s troops sent to aid Russia.

World - The Wall Street Journal - 3 days ago

A top South Korean official says Russia has supplied anti-air missiles to North Korea in return for it sending troops

World - ABC News - Yesterday

Why North Korean Soldiers Are Prepared to Die in Russia

Nearly all would raise their hands to go, ex-military defectors explain, owing to regime loyalty, promise of higher status and a glimpse of the outside world.

World - The Wall Street Journal - November 10

NATO responds to North Korea's troop deployment to Russia

World - Yahoo News - November 8

North Korea ratifies major defense treaty with Russia

North Korea says it has ratified a major defense treaty with Russia stipulating mutual military aid

World - ABC News - November 12

Will Belarus join North Korea in fighting Russia’s war?

Russia is getting impatient and desperate, and it may use forceful tactics to have Belarus enter the invasion.

Politics - The Hill - 6 days ago

North Korea and Russia agree to expand their economic cooperation

North Korea and Russia reached a new agreement for expanding economic cooperation at talks in Pyongyang this week

World - ABC News - 2 days ago

Russia Gifts Bears and a Lion to North Korea

Vladimir Putin also presented a lion to Pyongyang Zoo, one of the more than 70 animals he sent as an emblem of the deepening friendship between the two nations.

World - The New York Times - Yesterday

South Korea and EU worry about Russia's technology transfer in return for North Korea troops

Top South Korean and European Union officials have strongly condemned North Korea’s reported troop dispatch to Russia

World - ABC News - November 4

Russia masses troops for major counteroffensive; Kremlin denies Trump-Putin call

Russia has massed “tens of thousands of troops” as part of a major effort to retake land in its Kursk region that was seized by Ukraine, according to the commander in chief of Kyiv's armed forces.

Russia denies Trump call with Putin urging restraint in Ukraine

The US president-elect, who is promising to end the conflict, was reported to have spoken to Vladimir Putin on Thursday.

Putin gifts lion and brown bears to North Korea zoo

World - Yahoo News - 2 days ago

North Korea's top diplomat holds talks in Moscow as Pyongyang sent troops to help the war on Ukraine

Russia’s top diplomat met his North Korean counterpart for talks amid reports that Pyongyang has sent thousands of troops to Russia to support its military in the war in Ukraine

World - ABC News - November 1

North Korean Soldiers Arrive on Russia's Front Line. How Ready Are They to Fight?

The first wave appears young and with physiques that don’t scream strapping commando, though leader Kim Jong Un has reasons to hold his elite forces back.

World - The Wall Street Journal - October 27

South Korea says North Korea has test-launched a ballistic missile toward the North’s eastern waters

World - ABC News - October 30

North Korea could begin fighting alongside Russia this weekend, Zelenskyy says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that North Korean troops could begin fighting alongside Russia as early as this weekend. The Biden administration confirmed Wednesday that ...

North Korea foreign minister heads to Russia as Biden warns of 'dangerous' situation

North Korea's Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui left Pyongyang on Monday night for an official visit to Russia, North Korean state-controlled media reported.

The West did nothing to stop North Korea’s alliance with Russia, and there will be consequences

Over the coming weeks, members of the new Axis of Evil may have further unhappy surprises for the democratically distracted West.

Politics - The Hill - October 29

Finland's president calls North Korea's dispatch of troops to Russia an escalation

Finland’s president says that North Korea’s dispatch of troops to Russia represents an escalation of the Russia-Ukraine war that goes against China’s own stated position on the conflict

World - ABC News - October 29

North Korea’s alliance with Russia proves Ukraine is not about religion

The invasion’s purpose remains a crass landgrab driven by desire to reignite Russian imperialism.

Politics - The Hill - November 9

North Korea signs off on military cooperation treaty with Russia

World - Yahoo News - November 12

Biden Discusses With Allies ‘Dangerous’ Cooperation Between Russia and North Korea

The president said stronger ties with South Korea and Japan are working, but did not address whether President-elect Donald J. Trump would continue his approach when he takes office in January.

World - The New York Times - November 16

In a meeting with Biden, China's Xi cautions US to 'make the wise choice' to keep relations stable

China’s leader Xi Jinping met for the last time with U_S_ President Joe Biden but was already looking ahead to President-elect Donald Trump and his “America first” policies, saying Beijing “is ...

World - ABC News - November 16

North Korea ‘supplying Russia’ with long-range rocket and artillery systems

Ukrainian intelligence says weapons being sent to Russia’s Kursk region to attack Kyiv’s forces

Business - Financial Times - November 17

Russia Supplies Antiaircraft Missiles to North Korea, the South Says

Pyongyang has long coveted an advanced air-defense system to guard against missiles and war planes from the United States and South Korea.

Top stories - The New York Times - Yesterday

Putin speaks out amid reports of North Korean troops in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared to acknowledge the presence of North Korean troops in Russia during a closely-watched summit. This comes as Russia launches a new wave of drone attacks in ...

Politics - NBC News - October 25

North Korea confirms it has tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile