Pyongyang is dependent on the world's second-largest economy, but the "blood-cemented alliance" doesn't extend to security issues.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Thursday that Japan will seek more development and production of defense equipment with allies and

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised tests of short-range ballistic missile systems that simulated nuclear counterstrikes against U.S. and South Korean forces, state media said Friday, as the North continued to blame its rivals for escalating

North Korea appears to be accelerating its tank production in what experts suggest could be the next phase of its covert support to Russia’s war in Ukraine. This development could significantly deepen the military and strategic partnership between Pyongyang and Moscow,

Russia and North Korea are set to significantly deepen their burgeoning ties with a commitment to exchange multiple high-level delegations before the end of 2025, according to Russian Ambassador to Pyongyang Alexander Matsegora<br />Speaking to the Izvestia newspaper,

North Korea fired five short-range ballistic missiles into its eastern sea Thursday, in what South Korea described as a