The recent 2024 Russia-North Korea Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership has only deepened the rift, bringing China-North Korea relations back to a frosty state.

With every reason to believe North Koreans would face persecution and torture back home, the U.N. must take a stronger stance on China's repatriation of North Korean refugees. Page 1 of 19 Older ...

North Korea, meanwhile, remains deeply dependent on China economically, relying on Beijing for 90% of its trade and the bulk of its energy imports throughout the post-Cold War era.

China's trade with North Korea in the first half of 2025 rose about 30 percent from a year earlier, official data showed ...

Weeks after his country was battered by waves of Israeli strikes and the US bombed three of its prized nuclear facilities, ...

North Korea's recent criticism of China has revealed tensions between the two nations. North Korea condemned China, Japan and South Korea for discussing denuclearization.

Former Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s visit to Pyongyang on the sixtieth anniversary of the establishment of China-North Korea relations in October 2009 marked China’s shift toward a high-level ...

North Korea's rare swipe at China this week underscored how Beijing and Pyongyang do not entirely see eye-to-eye on the latter's illicit nuclear weapons arsenal, despite warming ties in other ...

Ambassador Xing followed up Xi’s call with an April 6 visit to Yoon transition committee chairman Ahn Cheol-soo, discussing China-South Korea relations and conveying North Korea’s concerns ...

South Korea’s relations with North Korea and China became increasingly strained under former President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was expelled from office in April following his short-lived imposition ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - As close as lips and teeth. Linked by mountains and rivers. A friendship worth more than all the gold in the world. The clichés come fast when China and North Korea, two ...

Two events that elucidate North Korea’s relationship with China in the aftermath of the fifth nuclear test. Unraveling China-North Korea Relations – The Diplomat All Sections Search ...