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Putin is in North Korea on a historic trip expected to deepen trade and security ties

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday signed a new partnership that includes a vow of mutual aid if either country faces “aggression,” in a pact that came as both face escalating standoffs with the West.

Ahead of their meeting the leaders pledged to expand their security and economic cooperation in defiance of western sanctions

The Russian president’s visit to Pyongyang signals a deepening relationship between two isolated countries

Russian president thanks host Kim Jong-un for ’unwavering support’ to Moscow’s war in Ukraine

Visit is Russian president’s first to North Korea in 24 years as he seeks continued military support from Kim Jong-un

Dozens of North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the heavily fortified border Tuesday but retreated after warning shots were fired, Seoul said, the second such incident in two weeks as Pyongyang reinforces its frontiers with the South.

Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, is visiting North Korea this week for the first time in 24 years, marking a significant deepening of relations between Moscow and Pyongyang. This visit underscores the burgeoning partnership between the two nuclear-armed states, particularly in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. North…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday hailed North Korea for "firmly supporting" Moscow's war in Ukraine ahead of a visit to Pyongyang set to boost defence ties between the two nuclear-armed countries.