Despite some structural echoes, today’s power dynamics are fundamentally different. Most crucially, China now holds decisive ...

EXCLUSIVE: Vladimir Putin's newly strengthened relationship with Kim Jong-un may trigger tensions with strongest ally China, ...

China and North Korea have had ties for seventy-five years, forming a bond in Northeast Asia not long after both communist-led states were established in the aftermath of World War II. Although ...

As the Israeli campaign has reduced Iran to a shadow of its former self, the regime appears set to become the next North ...

Despite this declaration, China-North Korea relations have significantly ... to secure Beijing's cooperation on the North Korea issue. The current dynamics offer favorable conditions for advancing ...

China has refrained from taking a stance on a new defense pact between Russia and North Korea, which experts say could upset regional power dynamics. Chinese leaders are concerned about the ...

China has traditionally viewed North Korea as a security buffer and an ideologically aligned neighbor it can dominate.

With reports of North Korean soldiers supporting Russia in the Ukraine war, the alliance has significant implications for regional and global geopolitical dynamics. For China, the Russia–North Korea ...

A recent proposal for a “minerals-for-security” deal with North Korea fundamentally misunderstands both the nature of Kim ...

Nine countries either claim to possess or are believed to have nuclear weapons, with varying arsenals. The original nuclear ...

Thus, China supports North Korea enough to “survive ... and what impact that might have on revisionist bloc dynamics. If Beijing and Moscow are convinced that there would be a price to pay in failing ...

North Korea experienced a major Internet outage on Saturday, June 7. As reported by Reuters, the outage lasted several hours ...