North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been re-elected as General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea at a rare five-year congress in Pyongyang, reinforcing his grip on power and highlighting major advances in the country’s nuclear weapons program.

(CNN) — Just days before Kim Jong Un is due to stand with Russia’s Vladimir Putin to witness a display of China’s military might, North Korea has released a propaganda film praising its troops’ efforts fighting for Russia in its war against Ukraine.

Two aspiring American rappers said Saturday that they had filmed part of a music video in North Korea, hoping the novel locale will make a hit. The rappers known as Pacman and Peso did not say where and how they filmed the footage, which their fundraising ...