Despite this declaration, China-North Korea relations have significantly cooled this year. Kim's growing ties with Russia represent a deliberate effort to reduce North Korea's dependency on China ...

The 30-minute call comes as Lee, a liberal from South Korea's Democratic Party, seeks to ease tensions on the Korean ...

China has traditionally viewed North Korea as a security buffer and an ideologically aligned neighbor it can dominate.

The arrest comes against the backdrop of North Korea's deepening military ties with Russia, a relationship analysts say is awkward for China.

South Koreans will head to the polls in the first week of June to elect a new president, but analysts caution that the incoming leader will quickly face significant international challenges, from both ...

While China presents a united front with North Korea and Russia, the latter two growing closer puts Beijing’s own interests and influence at risk. A potentially disastrous carrot-and-stick US ...

But Lee has not convinced all who are weary of his view on U.S. relations ... in sending funds to North Korea in violation of U.N. sanctions, and his deference to China has been nothing short ...

A left-leaning politician who said South Korea should not be as “antagonizing” toward communist U.S. adversaries is poised to ...

The new South Korean president, Lee Jae-myung, calls himself a foreign policy “pragmatist”. He says he is driven by South ...

Lee Jae-myung is taking action to ease tensions between South Korea and China, hoping to enlist the latter's help improving relations with North Korea.

Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party of Korea was elected South Korea's 21st president and subsequently sworn into office.

Both of the main candidates support the alliance with the United States, but the front-runner favors diplomacy with North Korea and China to improve strained relations. By Choe Sang-Hun Reporting ...