Autumn has arrived, and the Amnok River is bustling with activity. North Korean villages along its banks are crowded with people busy with the fall harvest. Cement factories in Manpo and Hyesan ...

Just one decade ago, it was common for observers of international politics to describe China as a lonely rising power.

In this photo from North Korean state media, leaders wave from the viewing platform amid a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, Oct. 10, 2025. From right: Deputy Chairman of the Security Council ...

Military and security cooperation among China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea (CRINK) accelerated significantly after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. This includes a surge in transfers ...

Before September, North Korea sought economic cooperation with China, but China insisted on upholding international norms — namely, UN sanctions. That led to a hard-to-overcome rift in relations. No ...

The mood music is building to a crescendo. This week Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s dictator, spoke to his rubber-stamp parliament about his “fond memories” of meeting Donald Trump, with whom he held ...

BEIJING — China's Premier Li Qiang will go to North Korea this week in the highest-level visit by a Chinese leader since 2019. Li will lead a government delegation from Thursday to Saturday to attend ...

China sells billions of dollars worth of military equipment to more than 40 countries. But for Beijing, arms trade is not just a lucrative business. Photo: Huang Wei, Rao Aimin/Zuma Press BEIJING—The ...

On 3 September, China held a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, ...

As China’s Premier Li Qiang visits North Korea for the ruling party’s 80th anniversary, Beijing may remind Pyongyang who its real ally is. WSJ’s Lingling Wei explains. Photo: Alexander Kazakov/Zuma ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The foreign ministers of North Korea and China agreed to deepen bilateral ties and resist hegemonism, a likely reference to their pushbacks against the United States. Their ...