Neither Moscow nor Pyongyang has confirmed the deployment of troops from North Korea to Russia to fight Ukrainian forces.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has offered North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to return captured soldiers from North Korea in exchange for his assistance in returning Ukrainian prisoners of war from Russia.

Ukraine is ready to hand over its captured soldiers to North Korea in exchange for help in releasing Ukrainian soldiers from Russian captivity.

"I didn't even know who we were fighting against," the captured soldier from Pyongyang told Ukraine's Security Service.

East Asian nations allied to, or friendly with, the United States — are nervously bracing themselves for a second Donald Trump administration. Stern challenges lie ahead of Mr. Trump’s second four-year term in the White House,

“Rough” and “threatening” is how he treats a NATO member whose soldiers fought and died with U.S. troops in Afghanistan. He reserves congeniality and compromise for more trusted allies, like the Chinese Communist Party.

We live in an increasingly dangerous and threatening world. There are more flashpoints in today’s global geopolitics than we have seen in decades, presenting a generational challenge to the incoming administration of Donald Trump and all of America’s elected leadership.

Maps showing the familiar view of the Western Hemisphere, but with the U.S. borders cartoonishly expanded, have become popular right-wing memes. Suddenly, Greenland is part of the United States. Upon closer examination, so is the Panama Canal. And Canada—our friendly, polite neighbor to the north—is now the 51st state.

As the world watches the political drama unfold in the United States, one question looms large: what would a second Donald Trump presidency mean for global foreign policy?

Attempts by US President Donald Trump to tweak the current global economic system to better suit American businesses could disrupt the balance, says political observer and technology entrepreneur Lauri Almann.

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Jan. 21 The Washington Post on the need for transparency from social media platforms Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has taken a lot of heat since he announced last week that he is pulling his company out of the fact-checking business and curtailing content moderation on its platforms.

The United States must never fear to engage in dialogue and actions that challenge the status quo of its North Korea policy.