Show of strength
In the first week of September 2025, China hosted two dozen world leaders for a huge Victory Day Military parade in Tiananmen Square to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and Japan’s surrender.
In the first week of September 2025, China hosted two dozen world leaders for a huge Victory Day Military parade in Tiananmen Square to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and Japan’s surrender.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sent a message congratulating Russian President Vladimir Putin on Russia Day, the North's state media reported on Wednesday.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has inspected a tank factory and expressed satisfaction over the upgraded structural design of indigenous tanks, while emphasising the need to modernise the military with advanced tanks, the North's state media reported on Sunday.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has reaffirmed his willingness to "invariably" support Russia's war against Ukraine during his meeting with a top Russian security official, Pyongyang's state media reported on Saturday.
The U.N. has published a report carrying testimonies from North Korean defectors about their home country's heightened surveillance of citizens for possession of outside information and subsequent public trials, including execution by firing squad.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to North Korea is "cause for great concern", the US government said.
A North Korean delegation from the country's border city of Rason has returned home after a weeklong visit to Russia's Far East, state media reported on Sunday.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Monday rejected speculation about nuclear cooperation with Pyongyang following the arrival of a North Korean business delegation in Tehran.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has vowed to mobilise all means to deal a "death-blow" to the country's enemy without hesitation should it opt for military confrontation with North Korea, state media said on Thursday.
"He set forth the important tasks for intensifying the practical actual-war drills ensuring the victory in a war," the KCNA said.
