North Korea leader Kim Jong-un and Russia's Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology, Alexander Kozlov, met in Pyongyang on Monday (Nov 18), as the two nations continue to deepen ties.

Kim Jong-un hails 'strategic level' partnership as Russian delegations visit North Korea

The United States said on Thursday (Jun 20) that Russian President Vladimir Putin's comments that Moscow may supply weapons to North Korea after signing a defence pact with Pyongyang are "incredibly concerning".

'Incredibly concerning', says US on Russia signing defence deal with North Korea

Arms negotiations between Russia and North Korea are actively advancing, a U.S. official said on Tuesday and warned leader Kim Jong Un that his country would pay a price for supplying Russia with weapons to use in Ukraine.

US says North Korea will 'pay a price' for any weapons supplies to Russia

As the Ukraine war enters its seventh month, North Korea is providing assistance to help restore Russian-occupied areas in the east. Senior Russian officials, in an interview, publicly support this initiative because they foresee cheap and tenacious labour that might be placed under gruelling conditions.

North Korea plans to send military labour to Russian-occupied areas in east Ukraine

Eight Russian diplomats and family members -- the youngest of them a three-year-old girl -- have left North Korea on a hand-pushed rail trolley due to Pyongyang's coronavirus restrictions.

Russian diplomats leave North Korea on rail trolley

Russia on Friday said that it detained more than 260 North Korean fishermen off its Far Eastern coast for poaching. The mass arrests came after Russia detained more than 160 North Korean fishermen in the Sea of Japan last week.

Russia detains over 260 North Korean fishermen

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will soon visit Russia to meet with President Vladimir Putin, the North’s state-run Korean Central News Agency confirmed Tuesday without releasing a set date or location for the meeting.

North Korea leader Kim to meet with Viladimir Putin in Russia

Moscow hopes that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will visit the country next year, Russian President Vladimir Putin's advisor said on Wednesday. "I hope this visit will be possible next year," Kremlin foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov said, Russian news agencies reported.

Hope Kim Jong-un will visit Russia next year: Putin's advisor