North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui has left Pyongyang to fly to Russia and Belarus. Details: According to KCNA, Choe left from Pyongyang International Airport on a private jet the day before to visit the two countries at the invitation of their foreign ministers.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed that his country's alliance with Russia will "advance non-stop," and is now "rising to its historic peak," state-run media said Friday.

North Koreans acknowledge that Kim has been more diplomatically active than his father or grandfather but attribute that to geopolitical changes Rodong Sinmun reported on Sept. 4, 2025, that "Comrade Kim Jong Un met and held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin,

New multilateral report details how Pyongyang’s hackers launder billions in stolen crypto. Proceeds used to fund nuclear and other programmes.

North Korean hackers have stolen billions of dollars by breaking into cryptocurrency exchanges and by creating fake identities to get remote jobs for foreign tech firms, a new report finds.