North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised full support for Russia’s war in Ukraine, as he met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Pyongyang on Wednesday in a bid to expand their economic and military cooperation and display a united front against Washington. Putin thanked Kim for the support and said the two countries would sign … Read more
People sit near a television showing a news broadcast with footage of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un (R) greeting Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) at the Pyongyang Sunan International Airport in Pyongyang, at a railway station in Seoul on June 19, 2024. Anthony Wallace | Afp | Getty Images Even a long wait for … Read more
NATO is concerned about support Russia could provide for North Korea’s missile and nuclear programs, the alliance’s head said on Tuesday as Russian President Vladimir Putin began his first trip to the reclusive nuclear-armed country in 24 years. Putin, on a state visit for talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, vowed to deepen trade and security ties and to support the North against the U.S., a … Read more
Russia is ramping up its forcible deportations of Ukrainian children this summer with explicit aims to re-educate and militarize them for Moscow’s fighting forces, researchers and advocates say. Authorities in Russia and occupied territories in Ukraine’s east are sending thousands of young people to so-called “summer camps” that promote Russian language, culture and propaganda, the … Read more
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un during their meeting at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur region on September 13, 2023. Vladimir Smirnov | Afp | Getty Images As Russian President Vladimir Putin visits North Korea for the first time in 24 years on Tuesday, Western officials will … Read more
Moscow: Ahead of his two-day visit to North Korea beginning Tuesday, Russian President Vladamir Putin has said that the two countries will together build the security architecture in Eurasia, counter Western sanctions, and establish independent transaction systems. Putin said this in his article for North Korea’s Rodong Sinmun, published on the Kremlin website, state news … Read more
SEOUL, South Korea (NewsNation) — Retired Gen. Wesley Clark speculates that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s meeting in North Korea involves acquiring additional missiles. “I’m sure the meeting is about how can Putin get more and what’s it gonna cost,” Clark said Monday on “The Hill.” “He’s (Putin) got plenty of support to give to Kim … Read more
National Defence Minister Bill Blair’s office is defending the decision to send a Canadian ship to Cuba where it docked alongside some of Russia’s fleet, calling it a “carefully” planned move to increase its presence in the region. Spokesman Daniel Minden issued a statement on Sunday saying the visit to Havana’s port “was carefully and … Read more
(NewsNation) — U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich of the Wall Street Journal, who has been jailed for over a year in Russia on espionage charges, will stand trial, authorities said Thursday. “It was disappointing, but not unexpected. Evan had been held for almost 15 months in pretrial detention, so the natural next step was then to move … Read more
Russia must be held accountable for “an element of genocide” it’s perpetrating by taking thousands of Ukrainian children from their homes and trying to erase their Ukrainian identity, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday at the end of a global summit focused on restoring peace between the two countries. More than 90 nations attended the … Read more
