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North Korea leader Visits Kumsusan Palace of Sun
Tue 08 Jul 2025 | 08:49 AM North Korean leader Kim Jong Un All the people across the DPRK are filled with ardent yearning and boundless reverence for north Korean President Kim Il Sung, founding father of socialist Korea and great sage of the...

Russian Foreign Minister Set to Visit North Korea
(MENAFN) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is set to arrive in North Korea on Friday for a three-day visit, according to ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. Speaking at a press briefing in Moscow on Wednesday, Zakharova stated that Lavrov's...

Russian FM Lavrov To Visit North Korea Later This Week
Seoul: Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit North Korea later this week, the North’s state media reported Wednesday. Lavrov will visit North Korea from Friday to Sunday at the invitation of the North Korean foreign ministry, the...

Russian FM Lavrov to visit North Korea this weekend
MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit North Korea this weekend, the latest in a series of high-profile visits by top Moscow officials as the two countries deepen military ties. Lavrov "will visit the Democratic People's Republic...

Russia’s top diplomat to visit North Korea for three-day trip this weekend: KCNA
Russian chief diplomat Sergei Lavrov is set to visit North Korea over the upcoming weekend, according to state media, his third trip to the DPRK since 2023, APA reports citing nknews.org. The Korean Central News Agency said in a one-line report on...

Russia Approves Direct Flights from Moscow to North Korea
Russia Approves Direct Flights from Moscow to North Korea Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) has granted permission to Nordwind Airlines to launch direct passenger flights from Moscow to Pyongyang, according to a report from the...

Lavrov to visit North Korea on July 11-13 — Russian MFA
MOSCOW, July 9. /TASS/. Top Russian diplomat Sergey Lavrov will visit North Korea on July 11-13, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announced in a press briefing. "Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will make a visit to the...

‘North Korea in view from Starbucks?’ Over 120,000 visit DMZ-adjacent cafe in 7 months
A Starbucks location in Korea that offers a rare view into North Korea has attracted more than 120,000 visitors in just seven months since opening, drawing both domestic and foreign tourists. The Gimpo Aegibong Ecopark branch, which opened Nov. 29...

Russian foreign minister to visit North Korea this week in latest sign of expanding ties
SEOUL, South Korea — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will travel to North Korea for a three-day visit beginning Friday in the latest sign of the countries’ deepening ties during Russia’s war in Ukraine, state media reported. North Korea’s...

KCNA: Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov to Visit North Korea on Friday
Photo : YONHAP News North Korea has announced that Russia's top diplomat is set to visit the country later this week. According to the North’s state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Wednesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is...

Russia’s foreign minister to visit North Korea, KCNA reports
SEOUL (Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit North Korea between July 11 to 13, state media KCNA reported on Wednesday. (Reporting by Ju-min Park; Editing by Ed Davies) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

Photos Show Upgraded US F-16 Jets Arriving on North Korea's Doorstep
A fleet of upgraded F-16 fighter jets arrived in South Korea recently as part of an ongoing effort to boost the United States' and its ally's defenses against nuclear-armed North Korea. Newsweek has reached out to the North Korean Embassy in China...

Heat wave scorches North Korea
A heat wave is scorching North Korea, with daytime high temperatures in the capital expected to reach up to 34 degrees Celcius, state media reported Wednesday. The morning low in Pyongyang was 25 degrees Celcius in the day, about 4 degrees Celcius...

Russian foreign minister to visit North Korea later this week
Published: 09 Jul. 2025, 18:28 This handout picture released by the Russian Foreign Ministry shows Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaking during a press conference at the Brics summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on July 7. [AFP/YONHAP]...

North Korea to welcome foreign businesspersons to fall trade fair: tour agency
North Korea is set to welcome foreign businesspersons to its biggest international trade fair this fall, according to an event partner, despite having barred external participants from the previous spring edition at the eleventh hour earlier this...

North Korea’s Growing Role In Ukraine War Shows How Weak Russia Is
TOPSHOT - This pool image distributed by Sputnik agency shows Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) ... More and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (L) shaking hands during their meeting at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur region on September 13,...

Russia’s top diplomat to visit North Korea
The Korean Central News Agency said in a one-line report on Wednesday that Lavrov will visit Pyongyang from Friday through Sunday at the invitation of the DPRK’s foreign ministry, without disclosing any further details. It is likely that the...

North Korea opens ‘world-class cultural resort’ for tourists, spread across 2.5 miles, know who can visit
Kim appeared at the opening ceremony with his wife Ri Sol-ju and daughter Kim Ju-ae, dressed in dark suits rather than the usual Mao-style robes. North Korea has unveiled a huge new resort on its east coast, with leader Kim Jong Un describing it...

Russian foreign minister to visit North Korea this week in latest sign of expanding ties
Russia's foreign minister to visit North Korea, KCNA reports