Vladimir Putin has visited North Korea for the first time in 24 years, signing a new partnership that one expert has described as an anti-West coalition.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have signed a new mutual defence pact.
Mr Putin's first visit to North Korea in 24 years was the culmination of a recent strengthening of relations between the two states. University of Oxford lecturer Edward Howell says the partnership with North Korea represents an anti-West block. He says the pact is concerning for the United States and complicates matters both in Ukraine and on the Korean peninsula.
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