North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday met with Sergei Shoigu, secretary of Russia's Security Council, in Pyongyang, state media KCNA reported on Wednesday, confirming earlier reports of the meeting by Russian media.

Officials drastically understated outbreaks and deaths, depriving citizens of help, two U.S. research groups report, citing interviews with people inside North Korea.

Kim immediately denounced the failure as "a criminal act" that "could not be tolerated", saying it had damaged the country's "dignity". He ordered that the ship be restored immediately, and those responsible be punished. Four party officials were subsequently arrested.

North Korea will send thousands of military construction workers and sappers to Russia's Kursk region to help rebuild it after a Ukrainian incursion that North Korean troops helped Moscow repel this year,

Russia’s postal service is resuming package delivery to North Korea for the first time since 2020 in another sign of deepening ties between the two heavily sanctioned countries.

Kim Jong Un attends relaunch of North Korea's repaired destroyer "Kang Kon" following a failed launch where the ship slipped off its ramp, damaging the vessel's bottom

Russia's top presidential security adviser Sergei Shoigu was expected to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un after arriving in Pyongyang "on special instructions" from President Vladimir Putin, Russia's Tass news agency reported on Tuesday.

Show” host Jon Stewart satirized the turnout for President Donald Trump’s much-hyped military parade by contrasting it with the larger crowds at US anti-Trump protests.