Pyongyang is dependent on the world's second-largest economy, but the "blood-cemented alliance" doesn't extend to security ...

Rice prices in North Korea — a crucial commodity that directly affects the daily lives of its people — have soared in recent ...

Participating U.S. forces included the Arleigh-Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence and a maritime ...

China has traditionally viewed North Korea as a security buffer and an ideologically aligned neighbor it can dominate.

He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian ... The arrest offered a rare glimpse into strains between China and North Korea, its only treaty ally. China props up the isolated ...

The presidential candidates representing South Korea’s two largest political parties agreed on the importance of the ...

China’s ambassador to North Korea, Wang Yajun, was quoted as saying China and North ... They are not interested in good relations.” Mr. Bennett agreed that South Korea would be justified in matching ...

North Korea has long been seen by Beijing ... Behind this strategy is a desire on behalf of China to maintain stable relations with the U.S., Europe and key Asian neighbors like Japan and South ...