North Korea stresses alignment with Russia against US and says Putin could visit at an early date
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One of the few world leaders openly supporting Putin’s war on Ukraine, Kim has been actively boosting the visibility of his ties with Russia
The US, South Korea and Japan conduct naval drills in a show of strength against North Korea
Kim Jong Un has been on a provocative run of weapons testing and threats that raised regional tensions to their highest point in years
North Korea launches suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile that can reach distant US bases
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Experts say North Korea could ramp up its provocative missile tests as a way to influence the results of South Korea’s parliamentary elections in April and the U.S. presidential election in November
South Korea says North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the sea but the launch likely failed
Seoul decided to partially suspend an inter-Korean agreement and restart front-line aerial surveillance of North Korea, hours after the North claimed to have put its first military spy satellite into orbit
South Korea’s spy agency says North Korea shipped more than a million artillery shells to Russia
Their partnership has triggered concerns about an arrangement in which Pyongyang would receive advanced Russian technologies for Kim’s nuclear-armed military
A surge in rail traffic on North Korea-Russia border suggests arms supply to Russia, think tank says
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Foreign officials suspect Kim is seeking sophisticated Russian weapons technologies in return for the munition to boost his nuclear program
The American soldier who bolted into North Korea 2 months ago has returned to the US
His return was organized with the help of ally Sweden and rival China, according to the White House
US soldier who crossed into North Korea 2 months ago is in American custody
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Travis King sprinted into the country while on a civilian tour of a border village on July 18, becoming the first American confirmed to be detained there in nearly five years
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on his way home after concluding a trip to Russia’s Far East
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Since entering Russia last Tuesday in his first overseas trip in more than four years, Kim had met President Vladimir Putin and visited key military and technology sites.
Washington increasingly concerned by rapprochement between Russia and North Korea
The anticipated meeting between Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin has set alarm bells ringing over Pyongyang supplying weapons to Moscow in return for nuclear know-how
North Korea says Travis King crossed border seeking refuge from ‘racial discrimination within the US Army’
The 23-year-old private is believed to be the first American soldier to enter the secretive dictatorship since 1982 after crossing the DMZ while on a civilian tour
Travis King: The mysteries surrounding the US soldier detained in North Korea
Almost a week after his detention, it’s still unclear what prompted the private to leave the Seoul airport, join a tour of the DMZ and cross into the country
US flies nuclear-capable bombers amid tensions with N. Korea
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The long-range bombers took part in joint aerial drills with U.S. and South Korean fighter jets over the Korean Peninsula
North Korea test-fires 2 more missiles as tensions rise
The launches were the North’s seventh missile event this month and underscore heightening military tensions in the region
North Korea simulates nuclear attacks with drone, missiles
North Korea has stepped up its weapons demonstrations this month in a tit-for-tat response to the United States’ expanding military exercises with ally South Korea
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