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A senior Ukrainian military intelligence official has warned Russia is bringing thousands of North Korean soldiers to fight on the Ukrainian frontline.

Seoul reported that it believed North Korea would blow the roads up on Monday to severe connections between the two, a prediction that came to pass when the North detonated on Tuesday

A high-profile North Korean diplomat stationed in Cuba has defected to the South, Seoul’s spy agency has confirmed to the BBC.

Vladimir Putin’s visit to North Korea resulted in the signing of a strategic partnership treaty, along with joint statements about fighting “the United States’ aggressive colonial aspirations.”

Vladimir Putin said Russia and North Korea have ramped up ties to a “new level,” pledging to help each other if either nation is attacked in a “breakthrough” new partnership announced during the Russian president’s rare visit to the reclusive state.

Public discussions following Vladimir Putin’s May visit to China largely focused on exports of obscure tubers and beef cartilage to Beijing.

Kim Jong-un is trying to quash Western influence from his closed-off nation, with sources claiming two new draconian laws have been brought in to make lives more difficult

On 2 January, a young Ukrainian weapons inspector, Krystyna Kimachuk, got word that an unusual-looking missile had crashed into a building in the city of Kharkiv.

Former advisers have claimed Donald Trump often praised rulers with absolute power, including Adolf Hitler, allegedly saying the Nazi leader 'did some good things' for Germany

Gunnar Garfors, from Oslo, Norway, has offered his top tips for those hoping to visit the country - and more importantly, the strict rules tourists must follow to avoid punishment.

The South Korean military has warned it is ready to "overwhelmingly" respond to any provocations from North Korea as Kim Jong-un's regime continues to ramp up its weapons tests

North Korean elite officials enjoy lives of relative luxury while the vast majority of the population are left to scrape a living with many starving to death

Kim Kyu-li, who now lives in Morden, south London, managed to escape across the border into China before eventually travelling across the globe to find her new home in the UK.

After Defence Secretary Grant Shapps warned that we are now moving 'from a post-war to a pre-war world', we look at the warning signs that could mean WW3 is near

North Korea's Kim Jong-un looked impressed in his latest public appearance as he was shown the Transformer-like battle robot, which is armed with a gun and decorated with radiation hazard symbol

The North Korean Supreme Leader, who is understood to be turning 40 today, does not follow in the footsteps of his father and grandfather by having a birthday holiday assigned to him

North Korea has welcomed in the new year by issuing further military threats against its neighbours in the south and the United States, saying it is prepared for all-out war

North Korean despot Kim Jong-un ordered his top military leaders to prepare plans to launch nuclear bombs against South Korea as he claims the US has stoked tensions in the region

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has told the army to "get ready for war" as he claimed that they were facing an "unprecedented" threat from the United States and its allies

The Mirror's Defence and Security Editor Chris Hughes fears the Red Sea will be a new focus of trouble in 2024, due to Iran-backed Houthis attacking Western shipping, with conflict continuing in Israel and Ukraine

Kim Jong-un's daughter, Kim Ju-Ae, has publicly appeared once again at her father's side, this time during a intercontinental ballistic missile test in North Korea

The younger sister of a businesswoman based in London has been caught up in China's largest 'repatriation' of North Korean detainees for years and is now missing

Kim Kyu-li, who escaped North Korea years ago and now lives in London, is worried about her younger sister Cheol-ok who was recently repatriated after building a family in China

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un was pictured wiping tears with a white handkerchief while telling thousands of women in the capital Pyongyang to have more children