Russia and North Korea tighten their alliance (further) by road

Moscow and Pyongyang are finalizing construction of their first direct road link while Volodymyr Zelenskiy says the Kremlin plans to bring another 30,000 North Korean troops to fight in Ukraine

A new report documents 616 instances of security cooperation among China, Russia, Iran and North Korea, warning of a dangerous simultaneity problem.

US diplomats walked out of France’s UN Security Council address after France’s UN Mission compared the US to North Korea

Russia and North Korea are close to completing their first-ever road bridge, a crossing over the Tumen River, that Ukrainian investigators say is designed to serve as a covert military logistics corridor rather than boost trade. Road transport is harder to monitor via satellite than rail, making it easier to move troop

Messages for abductees are typically broadcast every night, but aging equipment, a dwindling need for the transmitters, and Middle East tensions threaten the effort.

North Korea is rumoured to be sending tens of thousands more troops to Russia in support of its war in Ukraine, marking a deepening of the two countries’ defence ties and a major escalation of Pyongyang’s involvement in the conflict, if confirmed. Late on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed that p