North Korea

North Korea Sent 10 000 Soldiers to Russia, US Says

North Korea has sent 10,000 troops to train in Russia and likely fight Ukraine in weeks, Washington said, as Seoul warned Tuesday that the accelerating deployment posed a "significant security threat." Seoul has long accused the nuclear-armed North of sending weapons to help Moscow fight Kyiv, and after Kim Jong Un signed a mutual ...

New EU Sanctions Against China, N. Korea Amidst War on Ukraine

The EU on Wednesday agreed to ban exports to three mainland Chinese firms and blacklist North Korea's defense minister in new sanctions for the second anniversary of Russia's war on Ukraine, officials said. The fresh round of measures -- the 13th since Russian President Vladimir Putin's February 2022 invasion -- overall targets some two hundred ...

Putin Expresses Regrets Over Deteriorating EU Ties

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed dissatisfaction with the worsening relations with Western countries, following his full-scale offensive against Ukraine last year. This occurred as he accepted the credentials of several new ambassadors, on Monday,  At a Kremlin ceremony, Putin swore in some two dozen new ambassadors, including ...