With Kim’s escalating rhetoric about war with the South and the West, China needs its leverage to preserve peace in its backyard and cannot afford to be seen alienating its only treaty ally. This

North Korea's deployment of 10,000 troops from its elite Storm Corps to aid Russia in Ukraine marks a significant escalation in the nearly three-year-old conflict. This is North Korea’s first

North Korean troops, reportedly from the elite 11th Corps "Storm Corps", are fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine, marking a significant escalation in the war. With reports suggesting 11,000

A more combat-ready army could give Pyongyang more options in seeking to disrupt international order.