North Korea orders mass production of attack drones after seeing Russia's tactics up close

Tech Insider
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, left, inspects tests of drones designed to crash into targets, at an undisclosed location in North Korea, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024.
Kim Jong Un, left, ordered the mass production Thursday.

Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP

North Korea sending military officials to help Russia in Ukraine is a massive boost for Kim Jong Un

Tech Insider : Politics
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

VLADIMIR SMIRNOV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Russia rolled out a Soviet howitzer from the 1940s that Moscow technically shouldn't have in the first place

Tech Insider
A close-up shot of a D-74 firing from an entrenched position, with the logo of Russia's defense ministry in the top-right corner.
Russia published a video of a D-74 artillery system last week, a gun that it's thought to have received from North Korea.

Russian Ministry of Defense

North Korea is looking for medicine overseas to treat Kim Jong Un's obesity, spy agency says

Tech Insider : Politics
Kim Jong Un
The state of Kim Jong Un's health has been speculated on for years.

Contributor/Getty Images

North Koreans have a new fashion accessory — Kim Jong Un lapel pins. Here's what they mean for the supreme leader's legacy.

Tech Insider : Politics
A North Korean official is seen wearing a pin featuring an image of Kim Jong Un.

KCNA via REUTERS

Russian children head to a North Korean summer camp as the countries strengthen ties

Tech Insider

Russia is planning to send youth to a summer camp in North Korea.

Russian kids will go to 'excellent' summer camps in North Korea this year as the two countries move close

Tech Insider : Politics
Children walk through Songdowon International School Children's Camp on August 22, 2018.
Children walk through Songdowon International School Children's Camp, where Russian children will be sent this summer.

Carl Court/Getty Images

Vladimir Putin gifted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a 2nd luxury armored limo — check it out

Tech Insider
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un drive a Russian Aurus limousine during their meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Wednesday, June 19, 2024.

Kim Jong Un gave Putin some fan art of the Russian leader, and that's just the tip of their dog-petting, joyriding day of ultimate bromance

Tech Insider : Politics
Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un walk to their seats to watch a performance in North Korea.
Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un walk to their seats to watch a performance in North Korea.

North Korean State Media

Putin and Kim Jong Un's wartime pact sees the two autocrats one step closer to creating a world 'safe for authoritarians,' expert says

Tech Insider : Politics
Putin shakes hands with Kim Jong Un
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un after a signing ceremony following their bilateral talks at Kumsusan state residence in Pyongyang, on June 19, 2024.

KRISTINA KORMILITSYNA/Getty Images

Subscribe to kim-jong-un