China said it conducted oil and gas exploration activities in the East China Sea in "undisputed waters" under its ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un worries that without nuclear leverage, China could try to interfere in the internal affairs of his country. After the death if Kim’s father, Kim Jong Il, in 2011 ...

While China still sees Pyongyang as a critical buffer against U.S. influence in Northeast Asia, an increasingly provocative North Korea, fueled by a growing relationship with Russia, is starting ...

The Pendulum Swings Since its founding, North Korea has typically been close to either the Soviet Union (and now Russia) or China — not both. For instance, in the mid-1960s, North Korea’s ...

Relations between North Korea and Russia have developed rapidly over the course of 2024. For the first time in two decades, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited North Korea, culminating in a ...

Dec. 17 (UPI) --On New Year's Day, Chinese president Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un jointly designated 2024 as the "China-DPRK Friendship Year" to mark the 75th anniversary of the ...

China's cautious approach to the Russia–North Korea alliance draws on lessons from historical conflicts, especially the Korean War, with Beijing ensuring that its national interests and global ...

Newsweek has looked at the potential fallout of the U.S. using the largest nuclear weapon in its arsenal, the B-83, on capitals in North Korea, Russia and China.

In 2017, in a moment of great tension between North Korea and the first Trump administration, Beijing openly criticized Pyongyang. An editorial in the Global Times, a Chinese state-run newspaper, ...

To convey threats to North Korea, U.S. officials are talking to China. And American officials say they hope the conversations further stoke any suspicions China might feel about the troop deployment.

China, which has a defence treaty with North Korea, may even get dragged in. If things kicked off, China would want to keep American power at bay, as it did during the Korean war of 1950-53.

On the bridge, Lt. Hank Kieser was the officer of the watch as 5901 appeared. Montréal was sailing north in the South China Sea, more than halfway through a 26-hour loop in the Spratlys.