Russia is close to sharing advanced space technology with North Korea, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during a visit to South Korea on Monday, warning that the Moscow-Pyongyang alliance continues to develop.

Pyongyang has provided Moscow with more than 10,000 soldiers, artillery, and ammunition during Russia’s war as the two sides have deepened their partnership.

Russia may be close to sharing advanced satellite technology with North Korea after the isolated nation supplied troops to help bolster Moscow’s war in Ukraine, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Monday.

The gun features a gigantic 8-meter barrel, which holds a record as one of the longest barrels of any self-propelled artillery system in the world.

North Korea says it carried out its second missile test in two days — and this one was hypersonic. It came as U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken visited the region.

Blinken, who had planned to encourage South Korea to maintain Yoon’s policy of enhancing cooperation with Japan, was in talks in Seoul when North Korea fired a ballistic missile that fell into the sea. The missile flew about 1,100km, the South Korean military said.

A total of 3,800 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded by Ukrainian forces in Russia's Kursk Oblast, President Zelensky said in an interview with American podcaster Lex Fridman on Jan. 5.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is raising concerns about the growing relationship between Russia and North Korea.

Dorothy Camille Shea, the deputy US ambassador to the UN, told the UNSC that North Korea is becoming ‘better prepared for war’ in its neighbouring region as it continues to help Russia in its ongoing

"Back in the Vietnam War, North Korean air force pilots were sent there, but their planes weren't equipped with parachutes or other escape devices. In other words, if they were shot down, they were dead.

Russia intends to share its advanced space and satellite technology with North Korea in exchange for Pyongyang providing weapons and other equipment to Moscow to sustain its war effort against Ukraine.