US EditionNorth Korea’s top diplomat meets with Putin on a visit to Russia
- On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui in the Kremlin, saying ties were developing `as planned` amid recent exchanges.
- Since Russia's 2022 military intervention in Ukraine, Moscow and Pyongyang have deepened cooperation, signing a 2024 strategic partnership that commits `military and other assistance` if attacked, rooted in Soviet Union-era ties.
- North Korea sent thousands of troops and weapons in late 2024, with South Korean estimates reporting at least 600 North Korean deaths and Ukraine finding fragments of North Korean arms.
- The visit follows Kim Jong Un's pledge to expand military ties and is part of increased exchanges, while the United States says Russia is boosting support including space technology and direct commercial flights began in July.
- Historic Soviet recognition and support in 1948 continue to echo in today's Moscow–Pyongyang ties, with North Korea acknowledging battlefield deaths for the first time since 1948 and construction of a road bridge begun in April alongside an east-coast tourist zone opened earlier this year.
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As Donald Trump makes a tour of Asia, North Korea sent his chief of diplomacy to Russia. Relations between Moscow and Pyongyang are developing "as planned" declared Vladimir Putin after his meeting with Choe Son-hui, Monday, October 27th. Relations that strengthen and worry the Westerns.
Putin says 'everything going to plan' with North Korea
Russian President Vladimir Putin asked North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui during talks in the Kremlin on Monday to tell his country's leader Kim Jong Un that everything was "going to plan" in bilateral relations.
Seoul, South Korea.- North Korea's senior diplomat visited the Kremlin on Monday to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, after the leaders of both countries met last month. In a separate meeting with his Russian counterpart, North Korea's Foreign Minister, Choe Son Hui, confirmed his country's "incompetent understanding and support" of Putin's war against Ukraine, North Korea's state press reported Tuesday.
Strengthening Ties: North Korea and Russia Forge New Bonds
Strengthening Ties: North Korea and Russia Forge New Bonds North Korea's Foreign Minister, Choe Son Hui, delivered a message of 'brotherly regard' from leader Kim Jong Un during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The meeting, as reported by state media KCNA on Tuesday, took place at the Kremlin on Monday.In addition to the presidential meeting, Choe held talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. The discussions were strate…
Putin hails deepening Pyongyang ties
Russian President Vladimir Putin asked North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui during talks in the Kremlin on Monday to tell his country’s leader Kim Jong Un that everything was “going to plan” in bilateral relations. “We talked in detail in Beijing about our relations and prospects for development,” Putin told Choe, referring to talks the Russian leader held with Kim during celebrations in the Chinese capital last month to mark the 80th anni…
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