Over the past decade, China has grown increasingly concerned about its waning leverage over North Korea and inability to restrain Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions. These worries have only intensified with North Korea’s dramatic tightening of ties with Russia this year.

North Korea, Russia, and China often inhabit the same position in the headspaces of NATO nations as the United Bloc against the Treaty's forces. However, are these powers as closely aligned as is supposed?

China is uneasy about North Korea's ties with Russia, fearing it may embolden Pyongyang against its interests amid regional tensions.

With Kim’s escalating rhetoric about war with the South and the West, China needs its leverage to preserve peace in its backyard and cannot afford to be seen alienating its only treaty ally. This places China in a serious bind without any real options except to hope that the EU and U.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed his country will “invariably support” Russia’s war in Ukraine as he met Russia’s defence chief, the North’s state media reported Saturday. A Russian military delegation led by Defence Minister Andrei Belousov arrived in North Korea,

As tensions continue to rise, North Korea and Russia are strengthening their partnership even further, according to Digi24. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with Russian Defens