Leader Kim Jong Un says the constitutional amendment will help North Korea hold a ‘definite edge’ in deterring threats.
North Korean leader continues tour of Russia with visit to airbase where he inspected latest Russian missiles, bombers.
![North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, centre, and Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, right, inspect Russian military aircraft and missiles put on display at Knevichi aerodrome near Vladivostok in the Primorsky region, Russia, on September 16, 2023 [Russian Defence Ministry/handout via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023-09-16T053237Z_465366379_RC2B93AE5HN5_RTRMADP_3_RUSSIA-NORTHKOREA-1694843339.jpg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
As the war enters its 570th day, these are the main developments.
Russia’s Putin presented North Korea’s Kim with a Russian rifle of the ‘highest quality’ and received a gun in return.
Washington could impose more sanctions, but analysts say penalties are unlikely to halt Moscow-Pyongyang alliance.
The leaders of Russia and North Korea held hours-long talks at Russia’s Vostochny Cosmodrome.
Leaders Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin held a summit at Russia but there have been no confirmations of an arms deal.
China is North Korea’s and Russia’s biggest trade partner and and could restrain a weapons deal.
Biden administration says Vladimir Putin is ‘begging’ Kim Jong Un for weapons due to failures with his Ukraine invasion.
Paramilitary group the Worker-Peasant Red Guards – with 5.7 million members – featured prominently in parade.
Missile launches come as South Korean and US forces conclude joint military exercises on Korean Peninsula.
Kim accuses the US, South Korea and Japan of increasing threat of nuclear war over naval exercises off Korean Peninsula.
The US says its plan to hold a meeting on rights abuses will move forward despite protests from North Korea and China.
Kim Jong Un inspected factories producing tactical missiles, mobile launch platforms and armoured vehicles.
