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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, center, oversees a military training operation at a camp near Pyongyang on Oct. 31, 2024. [YONHAP]

South shows 'grave concern' over North's dispatch of 6,000 troops to Russia

A senior official from South Korea’s presidential office expressed concern over North Korea’s decision to dispatch 6,000 personnel, including military engineers and construction workers, to Russia.

2025.6.18

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, right, and Russia's Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu walk side by side in this image published by the Korean Central News Agency on June 18. [YONHAP]

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meets with Russia's security chief, KCNA says

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held a meeting with Russia's Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, the North's state media confirmed Wednesday, saying that Kim affirmed Pyongyang's cooperation with Moscow under their mutual defense treaty.

2025.6.18

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Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu attends a Security Council meeting in Moscow on Oct. 10, 2024. [AP/YONHAP]

Shoigu's return to Pyongyang signals solidified North Korea-Russia military cooperation

Sergei Shoigu, secretary of Russia’s Security Council, traveled to Pyongyang on Tuesday under the direct orders of Russian President Vladimir Putin, signaling a deepening of strategic military cooperation between North Korea and Russia.

2025.6.17

North Korean officials and attendees clap during a ceremony marking the opening of Tumen River Station in Seonbong District of Rason, North Korea, on May 28. [NEWS1]

North Korea, Russia upgrade transportation links, promote high-level exchanges as strategic partnership deepens

North Korea is deepening its all-around cooperation with Russia by upgrading transportation infrastructure linking the two countries and continuing high-level exchanges.

2025.5.29

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, left, shakes hands with Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Sergei Shoigu, during a meeting at the office building of the Party Central Committee in Pyongyang, North Korea on July 26, 2023. [EPA/YONHAP]

North Korea's state security minister visits Russia, meeting with Shoigu expected

North Korea's state security minister has left for Russia to attend an international meeting of officials in charge of security affairs, the North's state media reported Tuesday, amid deepening military cooperation between Pyongyang and Moscow.

2025.5.27

Sergei Shoigu, secretary of Russia’s Security Council, left, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in North Korea in September 2024. [NEWS1]

Russia's top security official says country supports revising UN sanctions on North

Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday that Russia supports revising the United Nations Security Council’s indefinite sanctions on North Korea.

2025.5.1

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, right, shakes hands with Russia's Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu ahead of their talks in Pyongyang on March 21, in this photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency the next day. [YONHAP]

Shoigu's surprise visit to Pyongyang indicates Kim Jong-un may visit Moscow

The government is “comprehensively observing” the possibility of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visiting Moscow in May following a visit by Russia's top security aide to Pyongyang, the South's Unification Ministry official said Tuesday.

2025.3.25

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Sergei Shoigu, secretary of the Russian State Security Council, embrace during Shoigu's visit to Pyongyang on March 22. [YONHAP]

Shoigu visit to Pyongyang hints at possible third North Korean deployment to Kursk

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered an “important personal letter” to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un through his closest aide. according to North Korean state-run media on Saturday

2025.3.23

In this photo released by Pyongyang's state-controlled Korean Central News Agency, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their summit in Vladivostok in the Russian Far East in April 2019. U.S. officials believe Kim is expected to travel to the port city again between Sept. 10 and 13 to meet with Putin for talks on military cooperation. [YONHAP]

Kim, Putin expected to discuss weapons in Vladivostok

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is expected to visit Vladivostok to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin for talks about supplying weapons for the latter’s war in Ukraine, U.S. officials have told the New York Times.

2023.9.5

In this photo released by the North's state-controlled Korean Central Television, regime leader Kim Jong-un, right, peers through binoculars at a military parade that took place in Pyongyang on Thursday to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu stands on the left. [YONHAP]

U.S. threatens more sanctions after Russian visit to North

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu’s recent trip to North Korea elicited a warning on Monday from the U.S. State Department that Washington “won't hesitate” to impose sanctions on entities that support Pyongyang or Moscow’s military programs.

2023.8.1