Russia and North Korea's leaders are expected to demonstrate their deepening military and political relationship, built on cooperation on Russia's war in Ukraine. But experts doubt its sustainability.

Despite their often aligning interests, relations between Russia and North Korea have experienced highs and lows. Some key events: 1945-1948 — Japan’s colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula ends with Tokyo’s World War II defeat in 1945 but the ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived for his first visit to North Korea in 24 years after heaping praise on Kim Jong Un’s regime for its support of Moscow’s war on Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in North Korea on Tuesday for his first visit in 24 years, Interfax news agency reported. The visit at the invitation of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un underscores Moscow's growing relationship with the nuclear-armed state since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is in North Korea for the first time in a quarter century to meet with Kim Jong Un, signaling an intensifying alliance between the two leaders on the war in Ukraine. Matt Bradley,

Russian President Vladimir Putin has thanked North Korea for supporting his actions in Ukraine and says the two countries would work together to overcome U.S.-led sanctions.

It marks the first trip in 24 years and comes as Russia seeks artillery and other arms amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.