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North Korea's leader Kim Jung Un met with Russian Minister Andreio Belousov and talked about cooperation on 29 November. Photo: BSS
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North Korea's Kim, Russian minister agree to boost military ties

Kim, who met Belousov yesterday (29 November), blasted the recent decision by Western powers to permit Kyiv to strike inside Russia with their weapons, saying it constituted a "direct military...

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un meet in Pyongyang, North Korea June 19, 2024. Photo: Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Pool via REUTERS
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Putin gifts North Korea a lion, bears and ducks

Korean People's Army soldiers in Pyongyang. Photo: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images
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North Korea may end up sending Putin 100,000 troops for his war

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un pose for a photo during their meeting in Vladivostok, Russia, April 25, 2019. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS//File Photo
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North Korea ratifies mutual defence treaty with Russia

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un attend a state reception in Pyongyang, North Korea June 19, 2024. Photo: Sputnik/Vladimir Smirnov/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Putin signs into law mutual defence treaty with North Korea

File photo for South Korea's military support ship Soyang. Photo: AFP
Asia

North Korea jams GPS signals, affecting ships, aircraft in South Korea

People watch a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing missiles that flew 400 km after lifting off at around 7:30 am from Sariwon, just south of the capital Pyongyang, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, November 5, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
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North Korea fires multiple short-range missiles, condemns military drills

European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks during a joint news conference with Lebanon's caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib in Beirut, Lebanon 6 January 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo
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EU'S Borrell visits South Korea amid alarm over North Korean troops in Russia

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov walks with his North Korean counterpart Choe Son Hui, in Moscow, Russia, January 16, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/Pool/File Photo
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North Korea will back Russia until victory in Ukraine: NK foreign minister

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to media about North Korea's long-range ballistic missile in Tokyo, Japan, October 31, 2024, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Photo: Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS
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North Korea leader says longest ICBM test 'appropriate military action' against enemies

North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia, January 16, 2024. Photo: Sputnik/Artem Geodakyan/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Europe

North Korea's foreign minister leaves for Russia amid troop dispatch

Ukrainian service members from a battalion, fire a howitzer M119 at a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the city of Bakhmut, Ukraine March 10, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak
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No new limits on Ukraine's use of US arms if North Korea joins Russia's fight: Pentagon

The United Nations headquarters building is pictured with a UN logo in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US, March 1, 2022. File Photo: REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
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What can the UN do if North Korea sends troops to Ukraine?