"China will encourage Pyongyang not to escalate tension with [Seoul] and - as it did in the recent trilateral meeting ...

The turmoil has the potential for significant ramifications at a moment of deepening geopolitical fault lines in Asia, where both North Korea and China ... David with Japan and South Korea ...

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

TOKYO — Foreign ministers from Japan, China ... North Korea's complete denuclearization and strengthening three-way cooperation with the United States amid growing global uncertainties, South ...

Over the past year, Beijing has chosen to react to Pyongyang’s collaboration with Moscow by publicly courting North Korea’s adversaries. For instance, in May, China held a trilateral summit with South ...

Russia and China sent nuclear-capable ... bomber patrol was conducted over the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea in South Korea. It is located between the Japanese archipelago to the ...

Some scholars have advocated for a reassessment of Beijing’s stance on Pyongyang, warning against the risks of close alignment with North Korea. These debates highlight the ongoing tension between ...

South Korea's military said Friday it scrambled fighter jets as five Chinese and six Russian military planes flew through its air defense zone, an area wider than the country's airspace.