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The Russian president Putin visited the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Wednesday. In Pyongyang they signed a "partnership deal" on close cooperation and pledging mutual defense assistance.
Jun. 23
War in Ukraine
The world in focus, as seen by a Canadian leading global affairs analyst, writer and speaker, in his review of international media.
Jun. 22
War in Ukraine
On a trip to Vietnam following a state visit to Pyongyang where Russia and North Korea signed a mutual defence pact, Putin also warned South Korea not to arm Ukraine.
Jun. 21
UN
A live broadcast on North Korean state TV saw seven members of Putin’s delegation thrown out for unknowingly breaking protocol by entering before the “Supreme Leader.”
Jun. 20
Putin
While Russian President Vladimir Putin said deliveries of F-16s to Kyiv violated unspecified “international obligations,” some have falsely connected it with Moscow’s new treaty with Pyongyang.
Jun. 20
War in Ukraine
The two countries have been allies since North Korea's founding after World War II, and have drawn even closer after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 isolated Putin on the global stage.
Jun. 19
War in Ukraine
The two internationally isolated leaders signed a new "strategic partnership" deal during the trip, Putin's first to the nuclear-armed North since 2000.
Jun. 19
NATO
An aide Putin announced that this agreement would be “one of the most important documents” to be signed during his visit to Pyongyang on June 18-19.
Jun. 19
War in Ukraine
Putin in North Korea for first time in 24 years; Fighting rages in Vovchansk, dozens feared dead; US debt upticks on student loans, foreign aid; Is Russia bribing local kids to burn army vehicles?
Jun. 19
Russia
The drills come as tensions between Moscow and Asian countries spike ahead of a visit to Pyongyang by Vladimir Putin, whose military ties with North Korea have sparked anxiety in the West.
Jun. 18
War in Ukraine
Historic allies since North Korea's founding after World War II, Moscow and Pyongyang have drawn closer after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Jun. 18
Putin
The visit to the world's most reclusive state comes as Putin seeks ammunition to continue his military campaign launched in February 2022.
Jun. 17
Russia
Seoul has detected at least 10,000 shipping containers being sent from North Korea to Russia, which could hold as many as 4.8 million artillery shells.
Jun. 14
Putin
HUR confirm media reports that suggest President Putin is wearing bulletproof vests under his clothes for outdoor public events on the advice of his security services.
Jun. 5
War in Ukraine
The world in focus, as seen by a Canadian leading global affairs analyst, writer and speaker, in his review of international media.
Jun. 2
War in Ukraine
South Korea accuses Pyongyang of sending thousands of containers of munitions to Russia, which would violate rafts of United Nations sanctions on both countries.
May. 31
It looks like some North Korean soldiers are in the general Kursk region area, and Kyiv just claimed some were shelled. But there’s no serious evidence of North Koreans fighting.
Nov. 11