One of Russia’s most powerful men, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, is set to visit North Korea this weekend, in a sign of ...

MOSCOW: Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in North Korea Friday for a working visit, Russian state media ...

Sergie Lavrov’s visit marks another high-level meeting as the two nations deepen ties through a new mutual defence pact.

Washington has said the treatment of Glavprodukt, the only U.S. company Moscow has seized, will influence a planned reset of ...

Russia and North Korea are meeting for a three-day visit that is already sending other countries into a tailspin, as World ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (left) shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting at the Vostochny Cosmodrome, Sep. 13, 2023.

Despite their often aligning interests, relations between Russia and North Korea have experienced highs and lows. Here’s a timeline of some key events: 1945-1948.

After Putin's 2019 meeting with Kim Jong Un and Kim's subsequent support of Russia's Ukraine war, Russia and North Korea have grown closer, especially in military cooperation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meet in Vladivostok, Russia, in April 2019.

North Korea closes its borders with Russia, and with China, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Russian diplomats and family members have to use a hand-pushed rail trolley to get over the frontier. Feb ...

The following is the May 6, 2024, Congressional Research Service report, North Korea-Russia Relations: Current Developments. From the report. Since 2023, North Korea (officially known as the ...