Russia and North Korea sign off military alliance amid Pyongyang troops entering the fray

I believe this treaty is very timely,

he told lawmakers

Zhu Fengexpert

So far I think Beijing’s option is to keep watching. We have to be very highly aware,

Zhu says

China sees more harm from sending North Korean forces into Russia than potential benefit,

Shen says

Zhao Yunchinese military general (died 229)

Should Moscow go as far as to assist Pyongyang’s nuclear program … it would pose a severe challenge to the international nonproliferation regime, in which China has a significant stake,

says Tong Zhao, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

China cannot ignore the historical lesson that gradual changes can lead to a qualitative shift,

Feng writes

I am not sure if the Chinese government really believes what it says

says Shen Dingli, a senior international relations scholar in Shanghai, who also says the situation risks becoming “awkward” for China

China spent decades settling boundary disputes and building a productive relationship with Russia to create room for its strategic goals,

says international law professor Peter Dutton, of the US naval war college

As for internet access, that’s a question best directed to Moscow. Right now, our attention remains on supporting Ukraine and addressing the more significant regional security concerns,

Dietz said

More than 10,000 North Korean soldiers are currently in Russia, and we assess that a significant portion of them are deployed to frontline areas, including Kursk,

Jeon Ha-gyu, a spokesman for the South Korean Defence Ministry, said Tuesday

Dmitry Peskovkremlin spokesman

The Kyiv regime is trying to do everything to involve Seoul

in the ... Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday, refusing to comment on the substance of the allegations

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It is really a breakthrough document,

Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a news conference in the North Korean capital

The DPRK's (North Korea) direct support for Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, besides showing Russia’s desperate efforts to compensate its losses, would mark a dangerous expansion of the conflict,

the ministers said in a statement

Nobody will be safe, neither those across the Atlantic, nor those across the English channel,

Lavrov said in an interview