More VLADIMIR SMIRNOV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Kim's recent statement to Lavrov suggests that there is no turning back for North Korea, even as the country has admitted losing hundreds of soldiers in Ukraine. "Kim Jong Un reaffirmed that the DPRK ...

As Western countries consolidated around support for Ukraine, Russia and North Korea are positioning themselves as challengers to the West.

By Anna Hirtenstein and Alexander Marrow LONDON (Reuters) -A U.S.-owned canned food company seized by Russia to safeguard domestic food supplies is planning to boost dwindling sales with exports to China and North Korea,