The absence of North Korean POWs Ri and Baek from a recent exchange has sparked debate over their potential transfer to South Korea, highlighting legal implications under international law and risks of repatriation.

North Korean troops and weapons have played an unexpectedly crucial role in sustaining Russia’s grinding military campaign in Ukraine. In exchange, Pyongyang has been able to upgrade its outdated Soviet-era military. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ...

The implementation of South Korea's plans to use the Northern Sea Route (NSR) is impossible without close cooperation with Russia. This was announced on February 8 by the Russian Ambassador to Seoul,

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (left) before departing from Pyongyang by special train to visit China, on September 1, 2025. [AFP]. Around 2,000 North Korean soldiers deployed to help Russia fight Ukraine are estimated to have been killed, Seoul's spy ...

SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has paid a condolatory visit to the Russian Embassy in Pyongyang to mourn the death of Russian Ambassador Aleksandr Matsegora, the North's state media reported Thursday. Kim's condolatory visit to ...

A South Korean missionary was detained in Russia recently, according to officials and local media Tuesday, marking another case involving the