New Delhi, Dec. 28 -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a New Year's greeting to Russian President Vladimir Putin, praising the deepening ties between Pyongyang and Moscow. In his message, Kim described the relationship as a powerful and enduring alliance forged through shared struggles.

Kim specifically highlighted the military and political bond between the two countries.

"Along with the past days of 2025, the DPRK-Russia relations have been further consolidated into the sincerest alliance of sharing blood, life and death in the same trench, and their absolute solidity and mightiness have been more vividly etched in the pages of the times and history," Kim wrote.

The statement portrays the DPRK-Russia partnership as unbreakable, e...