North Korean state media say senior North Korean and Russian military officials discussed strengthening cooperation in their latest talks in Pyongyang, as the two countries continue to align over Russia’s war in Ukraine.

North Korea condemned recent US sanctions imposed on its bankers, characterizing them as proof of US hostility and warning that such pressure won’t help resume dialogue between the two nations.

South Korea may reconsider its sanctions approach toward North Korea after new US measures connected Pyongyang’s crypto theft operations to the funding of its weapons programs. Key Takeaways: South Korea is weighing a review of its sanctions policy after the US linked North Korea’s crypto theft operations to weapons funding.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un led a state funeral for the country’s longtime ceremonial head of state, Kim Yong Nam, who died this week at age 97.

No Kwang Chol, North Korea's minister of national defense, accused Washington and Seoul of "intentionally escalating the political and military tension in the region" and said his country is ready to respond to everything.

North Korea on Thursday denounced the latest U.S. sanctions on Pyongyang as a demonstration of Washington's hostile policy, vowing to take proper measures.

The US Department of the Treasury announced earlier this week that it will impose sanctions on eight individuals and two entities for their alleged role in laundering funds derived from North Korea’s

Kim Yong Nam, a quintessential North Korean bureaucrat whose lifelong loyalty to the ruling Kim dynasty allowed him to serve as the country’s ceremonial head of state for two decades, has died, state media reported Tuesday.

North Korea has denounced the Trump administration’s latest sanctions targeting cybercrimes that help finance its illicit nuclear weapons program, accusing the United States of harboring “wicked” hostility toward Pyongyang and vowing unspecified countermeasures.