In regime propaganda, North Korea claims victory in the Korean War, which it attributes to the leadership of Kim Il Sung, the country’s founder. North Korea treats Chinese troops as little more than ...

SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has held a reception in Beijing to mark the 75th anniversary of Chinese soldiers' participation in the 1950-53 Korean War, vowing to develop its friendly ties ...

China refers to the Korean War (1950–1953) as the “War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea” (抗美援朝). This translates to “a war to resist the U.S. and assist Korea (North Korea).” A recent study ...

No moment captured the shifting global balance of power more vividly than when Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walked in lockstep on ...

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 ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's surprise visit to Beijing makes clear what has been easily forgotten amid the whirlwind of diplomatic developments in past months: China still plays a major role in ...

In a world beset by conflict in the Middle East and an enduring war in Ukraine, tensions are again heating up in East Asia.

Washington — President Trump said Wednesday in South Korea that he hoped to emerge from a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping with a U.S.-China trade deal in hand. "We're going to be, I hope, ...

A preliminary tariff deal with President Trump called for a large investment in the United States, while China has warned Seoul not to side with Washington. By Daisuke Wakabayashi Daisuke Wakabayashi, ...

Beginning just days after the first shots of the Korean War, in the summer of 1950, nearly 2 million Americans embarked on a daring crusade across the Pacific to halt the spread of communism in Asia ...

A new wave of purges has engulfed the senior leadership of China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army. Since the 20th National Party Congress in October 2022, more than 20 senior PLA officers from ...

In June 2025, the Sungkyun Institute of China Studies (SICS) and the Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis (CCA) co-hosted a closed-door roundtable to assess the growing strategic ...