Russia invites Kim Jong Un for official visit
Moscow and Pyongyang have deepened cooperation, with North Korea sending troops to Ukraine in 2024.
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Russia invites Kim Jong Un for official visit
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What this story says
- Russia has officially invited North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to visit the country.
- The invitation was confirmed by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko, according to the TASS state news agency.
- Moscow and Pyongyang have deepened their cooperation in recent years.
- North Korea sent troops to fight alongside Russian forces in Ukraine in 2024.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 6 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 7 of the 13 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
50/100
Craft
45/100
Hype
20/100
13 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
Only 1 of the 6 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
Russia has officially invited North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to visit the country, according to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko. The statement was reported by the TASS state news agency. Moscow and Pyongyang have increased their cooperation in recent years. North Korea sent troops to fight alongside Russian forces in Ukraine in 2024, and their military cooperation has deepened under a mutual defense pact.
Details of the visit
Details of the visit and the schedule are still being discussed. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko stated that Russia would always be happy to welcome the leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The exact timing and itinerary for the visit remain under discussion.
What the coverage left out
None of the left-rated or centre-rated reports mention the specific date of the invitation being made, other than that it was stated on a Thursday. The right-rated digests do not mention North Korea sending troops to fight alongside Russian forces in Ukraine in 2024.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 1 time, most recently on 24 Sept 2026, 13:00, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
1 rated outlet
- The Korea Times led on the invitation extended by Russia to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, citing the TASS news agency. It reported that details of the visit were not yet determined and the schedule was still being discussed. The report also noted that Pyongyang and Moscow have deepened their alignment since North Korea deployed troops to support Russia's war against Ukraine.
Centre
1 rated outlet
- The Jerusalem Post's report focused on Russia's official invitation to Kim Jong Un, as confirmed by a deputy foreign minister via TASS. It highlighted the deepening closeness between Moscow and Pyongyang in recent years, specifically mentioning North Korea sending troops to fight alongside Russian forces in Ukraine in 2024 and the strengthening of military cooperation under a mutual defense pact. The report indicated this was a developing story.
Right
4 rated outlets
- Both Reformatorisch Dagblad and dagelijksestandaard.nl reported that Russia has sent an official invitation to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to visit the country, citing the Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and the TASS news agency. Both digests also noted that the relationship between the two countries has strengthened in recent years.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Russia invites Kim Jong Un for official visit?
- Of the 6 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 17% are rated left, 16% are rated centre, 67% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 13. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Russia invites Kim Jong Un for official visit left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 6 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Russia invites Kim Jong Un for official visit biased?
- Russia invites Kim Jong Un for official visit is one event reported by 13 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Russia invites Kim Jong Un for official visit?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Russia invites Kim Jong Un for official visit?
- 13 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- Has North Korea's leader been invited to visit Russia?
- Yes, Russia has officially invited North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to visit the country. The invitation was confirmed by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko, according to the TASS state news agency.
- When did North Korea send troops to support Russia?
- North Korea sent troops to fight alongside Russian forces in Ukraine in 2024. This action is part of the deepening cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang in recent years.
- What are the details of Kim Jong Un's potential visit to Russia?
- Details of the visit and the schedule are still being discussed. Russian officials have stated they would be happy to welcome the North Korean leader, but the exact timing and itinerary have not yet been determined.
Read it at the source
13 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
1Centre
1Right
4- Russia “Officially Requests North Korea's Kim Jong UN to Defend Russia... Coordinate Schedule” (opens Unknown in a new tab)
Unknown
- Russia Invites North Korean Leader Kim Jong-UN for a Visit (opens dagelijksestandaard.nl in a new tab)
dagelijksestandaard.nl — is dagelijksestandaard.nl biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Russia Invites North Korean Leader Kim Jong-UN for a Visit (opens Reformatorisch Dagblad in a new tab)
Reformatorisch Dagblad — is Reformatorisch Dagblad biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Russian Deputy Foreign Minister: "Invited Kim Jong-UN to Visit Russia... Schedule to Be Coordinated" <TASS> (opens 연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency in a new tab)
연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency — is 연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency biased? Our profile of this outlet
Not rated
7- Moscow Sent an Invitation to Kim Jong UN: The Deepening of Cooperation Between Russia and North Korea Continues (opens nin.rs in a new tab)
- Kim Jong UN Invited to Visit Russia (opens atvbl.rs in a new tab)
- Kim Jong-UN to Visit Moscow to See Putin?… Russian Foreign Minister: “Official Invitation to Coordinate Schedule” (opens Seoul Shinmun (서울신문) in a new tab)
Seoul Shinmun (서울신문) — is Seoul Shinmun (서울신문) biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Russia Invites N. Korean Leader to Visit: TASS (opens korean-vibe.com in a new tab)
korean-vibe.com — is korean-vibe.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Russia Invites North Korean Leader Kim Jong-UN for a Visit (opens welingelichtekringen.nl in a new tab)
welingelichtekringen.nl — is welingelichtekringen.nl biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Russia Invites North Korean Leader Kim Jong-UN for a Visit (opens Nieuws.nl in a new tab)
- Russian Deputy Foreign Minister: "Invited Kim Jong-UN to Visit Russia... Schedule to Be Coordinated" (opens asiae.co.kr in a new tab)
asiae.co.kr — is asiae.co.kr biased? Our profile of this outlet
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