Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a North Korean zoo more than 70 animals including an African lion, two brown bears and two yaks, Russia's environment ministry reported, amid growing military ties.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) North Korea and Russia reached a new agreement for expanding economic cooperation following high-level talks in Pyongyang this week, the Norths state media said Thursday, as they continue to align in the face of their confrontations with Washington.

An African lion, two bears, two domestic yaks, 25 pheasants, 40 mandarin ducks and five white cockatoos were sent to North Korea.

Russia has sent a gift of more than 70 animals to North Korea for the Pyongyang Zoo, including bears, yaks, ducks and cockatoos.

WASHINGTON Years of high-profile intercontinental ballistic missile tests by North Korea have fallen short of demonstrating that Pyongyang can successfully launch and deliver a nuclear warhead against the U.S. mainland, the head of American forces in the Indo-Pacific said.

Since Russias full-scale invasion of Ukraine, North Korea has moved from vocal support of Russia and the invasion to shippingmissiles and artillery shells to Russia to sending North Korean

The National Intelligence Service also said Kim Jong Un could be preparing to visit Russia, where he has sent thousands of troops.

Yuliya Kazdobina on Ukrainian reaction to US setting a limit on where US made weapons can be used inside Russia.

Big news: North Korea is not a black hole. It is a country that is now sending its military to the other side of Eurasia.Historically, Pyongyangs problem has been its militarys lack of combat experience against a determined enemy. The Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK) has not fought in a significant conflict since the Korean War armistice in 1953. Yet, Ukraines i...

North Korea could send up to 100,000 troops to aid Moscow in its war against Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned, amid reports that the North was sending additional long-range artillery systems.

In a country that fetes its military elites like celebrities, Col. Gen. Kim Yong Bok was rarely seen in public. Until he was chosen to lead Pyongyangs troops sent to aid Russia.

Ukraines top diplomat warned that the United States cannot afford to look weak in the face of increased threats from the deepening cooperation between Russia, North Korea and Iran, addressing lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. Ukraines Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha was in Washington marking 1,000 days of Ukraines defensive war against Russia, warning against...

North Korea spent almost 30 years trying to normalize relations with the U.S., knowing it would legitimize the regime and generate international development assistance.

North Korea's leader said that ties with Russia had reached a "new strategic level" during a Moscow official's visit to Pyongyang.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with the leader of a Russian delegation in Pyongyang and called for deepening trade, economic and scientific ties between the two countries, state media reported Tu...

North Korean leader's meeting comes amid concern in Western capitals over growing ties between Pyongyang and Moscow.

WASHINGTON >> The United States said on Monday it was Russia that is escalating the conflict in Ukraine by deploying North Korean troops, after the Kremlin warned that Washington would deepen its involvement in the war by allowing Kyiv’s forces to strike far into Russia with U.S.-made weapons.