OK is Director of the Sungkyun Institute of China Studies and a Professor of Political Science at Sungkyunkwan University. SUNGMIN CHO is Vice Director of the Sungkyun Institute of China Studies and a Nonresident Fellow at the Asia Society’s Center for China Analysis.

NATO and the European Union are ramping up pressure on China. They want Beijing to persuade North Korea to stop sending troops to Russia in support of its war on Ukraine.

President-elect Donald Trump will face the challenge of a growing relationship between Russia and North Korea as the two countries strengthen security ties and nuclear capabilities. NBC News' Janis Mackey Frayer reports that Trump may need to cooperate with China as the region's superpower before Russia's fight against Ukraine expands to include more of Asia.

Ukraine’s allies will look to pressure China over North Korea’s growing support for Russia’s war during a Group of 20 Summit in Brazil, according to people familiar with the matter.

North Korea may deploy as many as 100,000 troops to aid Russia’s war on Ukraine if the alliance between Pyongyang and Moscow continues to deepen, according to people familiar with assessments made by some Group of 20 nations.

The North Korean is said to have been stricken while commanding troops backing Vladimir Putin's invasion at the time of the November 20 Ukraine attack. The incident is the first i