Tag: russia

North Korea’s relationship with Russia has deepened dramatically since the outbreak of the Ukraine war, evolving from a historically secondary partnership into one of the DPRK’s most consequential strategic alignments. Daily NK covers North Korea Russia relations across the full spectrum — arms transfers and munitions supplies to Russian forces, the deployment of North Korean troops to the Ukrainian front, economic and diplomatic dimensions of the partnership, and the implications for regional security and international sanctions. Our reporting draws on in-country sources, defector accounts, and open-source intelligence to track one of the most significant and rapidly evolving relationships in contemporary geopolitics.