Pyongyang: North Korea and Russia have signed a media cooperation agreement, the North's state media reported Sunday, in the latest sign of deepening ties between Pyongyang and Moscow.

According to Yonhap News Agency, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) announced that it signed the news exchange and cooperation agreement with Russia's Tass news agency the previous day. The signing ceremony was attended by Kim Pyong-ho, the KCNA president, and Andrey Kondrashov, director general of Tass.

A Russian delegation led by Kondrashov arrived in Pyongyang on Saturday for the signing event, KCNA reported.

The agreement represents a continued alignment between North Korea and Russia, with cooperation expanding across military, political, and other sectors since the signing of a mutual defense treaty in 2024.