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North Korea's Kim Hails 'Cooperative' Ties With China

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un hailed "friendly and cooperative" ties with China as he hosted Premier Li Qiang and other foreign dignitaries for celebrations marking 80 years under the ruling Workers' Party, state media reported Friday.

International Business Times · Oct 10, 2025

Kim Jong-un has 'fond memories' of Trump and is open to talks with US

Kim suspended virtually all cooperation with South Korea following the collapse of his second summit with Trump in 2019 over disagreements about US-led sanctions against the North.

Euronews · Sep 22, 2025

Kim Jong-un open to nuclear talks with US, saying he has ‘fond memories’ of previous Trump meeting

Comments from North Korea’s leader come as South Korea’s Lee Jae Myung says he could accept a deal that sees the North retain its nuclear weapons

The Guardian - AU · Sep 22, 2025

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Jon Cryer Compares Charlie Sheen To A Dictator Over Unequal Pay On Two & A Half Men

“If you wonder what it’s like to work with Charlie Sheen for eight years, when I started, I had hair.”

Pedestrian.tv · Sep 13, 2025

Is China's SCO a counterweight to NATO or just geopolitical theatre?

Once a modest Central Asian security forum, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation now pits Beijing’s ambitions against Western dominance, with its August summit casting President Xi Jinping as a champion of a new multipolar order. But internal rifts raise doubts that it can rival NATO.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 12, 2025

What we learned about North Korea at the summit in Beijing

China invited world leaders to its capital, Beijing, recently to celebrate the 85th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in the second world war. Western leaders were notably absent. But despite the presence of many other leaders, such as Russian president Vladimir Putin, it was the arrival of North Korea’s Kim Jong-un…

The Conversation · Sep 8, 2025

Dan Andrews Addresses Backlash After Posing For Photos With Vladimir Putin & Kim Jong-un

“You would hope that you use your position as a former leader ... to push the world closer to peace, not join a military parade with a bunch of dictators,” David Shoebridge said of the pics.

Pedestrian.tv · Sep 5, 2025

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Daniel Andrews breaks silence on China parade outing

Dan Andrews is unrepentant about attending a military show of might in China, where he was photographed with dictators and alleged war criminals.

AAP · Sep 4, 2025

Vladimir Putin thanks Kim Jong-un for supplying North Korean troops to fight Ukraine

The Russian president praised Pyongyang's support during a meeting between the two leaders in Beijing on Wednesday.

Euronews · Sep 3, 2025

Military reveals and bold messaging: five key takeaways from China’s big parade

A highly choreographed display and formidable guest list were designed to send a message to the US and its allies about China’s strength

The Guardian - AU · Sep 3, 2025

Tanks and missiles roll through Beijing as China commemorates 1945 victory

China staged its largest-ever military parade in Beijing on Wednesday to mark 80 years since Japan’s surrender in the Second World War. President Xi Jinping stood in Tiananmen Square flanked by Russian leader Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un – a spectacle designed to show military power and political…

Radio France Internationale · Sep 3, 2025

North Korea: Kim Jong-un’s daughter makes international debut fuelling succession speculation

Kim Ju-ae’s arrival in Beijing ahead of China’s victory day military parade show she is her father’s preferred successor, experts say

The Guardian - AU · Sep 3, 2025

Daniel Andrews criticised after attending China military parade and posing with Kim Jong-Un and Vladimir Putin

Former Victorian Labor premier earlier filmed shaking Chinese president Xi Jinping’s hand

The Guardian - AU · Sep 3, 2025

Leaders gather in Beijing for military display – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Sep 3, 2025

Xi Jinping says world faces ‘peace or war’, as Putin and Kim join him for military parade

Trump criticises victory day event as China caps off week of diplomatic grandstanding seen as rebuke to the west

Euronews · Sep 2, 2025

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un takes his signature train to Beijing ahead of military parade

Kim left Pyongyang with an entourage of senior officials on Monday. What do we know about his famous armoured train?

The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2025

Kim Jong Un pays emotional tribute to North Korean soldiers killed in Russia

Kim hands out medals to ‘heroes’ sent by North Korea to help Russia expel Ukrainian forces from Kursk

The Guardian - AU · Aug 22, 2025

Kim Jong-un hails North Korean troops fighting against Ukraine at ceremony for returned soldiers

Soldiers who had returned from Russia were honoured with a concert and relatives of troops killed in action were among those to attend a banquet

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The Guardian - AU · Jul 11, 2025

North Korean defector sues Kim Jong-un alleging torture and sexual violence in regime’s detention facilities

Choi Min-kyung is seeking damages from the state represented by its leader and has also submitted a criminal complaint alleging crimes against humanity

Euronews · Jun 5, 2025

North Korea doubles down on 'unconditional' support for Russia's war in Ukraine

Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's meeting on Wednesday is the latest sign of expanding cooperation between their two nations.

Euronews · Apr 10, 2025

North Korean commando involved in plot to kill South Korean president dies at 82

Kim Shin-jo, who later reinvented himself as a Christian pastor, took part in the failed 1968 attempt to assassinate Park Chung-hee.

The Conversation · Feb 3, 2025

North Korea: Kim Jong-un is sending a second wave of soldiers to Ukraine – here’s why

North Korea is believed to be preparing to send another group of soldiers to come to Vladimir Putin’s aid in the war in Ukraine, despite heavy combat losses already suffered by troops from the east Asian country.

Evening Standard · Dec 29, 2024

Kim Jong-un orders divorcing couples to labour camps under tough new rules

The North Korean leader has declared that ending a marriage demonstrates anti-socialist sympathies and warrants punishment

The Guardian - UK · Dec 23, 2024

Russia-Ukraine war: North Korea preparing to send more troops to Russia, says South Korea – as it happened

Troops and weapons, including suicide drones, to be shipped to Russia to support war against Ukraine, say Seoul’s joint chiefs of staff

The Guardian - AU · Nov 30, 2024

Ukraine war briefing: Russia says military ties with North Korea ‘actively expanding’

Russian defence minister says on visit that cooperation between the countries growing ‘in all areas’ while Kim Jong-un vows North will ‘invariably support’ Moscow’s war. What we know on day 1,011

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