Ukraine, North Korea

Defectors offer insight into mindset of North Korean soldiers fighting in Ukraine
Multiple defectors from North Korea spoke to NBC News about the mindset of soldiers sent to fight for Russia in Ukraine.
Seoul’s spy agency says North Korean soldiers captured in Ukraine haven’t shown desire to defect
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he’s willing to hand over the soldiers to North Korea, if Kim Jong Un arranges for an exchange with Ukrainian prisoners of war in Russia.
North Korea's suicide soldiers pose new challenge for Ukraine in war with Russia
There is mounting evidence from the battlefield, intelligence reports and testimonies of defectors that some North Korean soldiers are resorting to extreme measures as they support Russia's three-year war with Ukraine.
Facing exhaustion and North Korean troops, Ukraine's soldiers say the war needs to end
Soldiers fighting for Ukraine describe facing relentless waves of determined North Korean troops, Russian units with improved tactics, and Ukraine’s own struggles with exhaustion and sinking morale.
300 North Korean troops have been killed in Ukraine, South Korea says
Separately, Ukraine revealed more details about the first two North Korean soldiers it has captured alive and said it was willing to exchange them for Ukrainians held in Russia.
North Korea suspected of preparing to send more troops to Russia, Seoul says
SEOUL - South Korea's military said on Jan 24 that it suspects North Korea is preparing to send more troops to Russia to fight Ukrainian forces, even after suffering losses and seeing some of its soldiers captured.
Seoul suspects North Korea plans to send more troops to Russia-Ukraine war
North Korea is reportedly preparing to send more troops to Russia to fuel the war in Ukraine, even after significant losses, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) reported.
Seoul confirms Ukraine has captured two North Korean soldiers
South Korea’s National Intelligence Service today backed up Ukraine’s account of having captured two wounded North Korean soldiers this week in Russia,
The fatal lengths North Korean soldiers will go to avoid capture in Ukraine
The North Korean troops fighting for Russia are highly trained and will stop at nothing to avoid surrender, Ukrainian sources tell Sam Kiley, The Independent’s World Affairs Editor in Sumy
North Korea’s Deadly Gamble: 1,000 Soldiers Killed in Ukraine
A staggering 1,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed in just three months of fighting in Russia's Kursk region as part of the ongoing Ukraine conflict. Why is North Korea sending troops to support Putin’s war effort,
WW3 fears deepen as Kim Jong Un makes North Korean troop decision in Ukraine war
North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un reportedly sent nearly 10,000 to 12,000 troops to aid the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the Kursk region in October
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At least 300 North Korean soldiers killed, thousands injured fighting against Ukraine: Seoul
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (UPI) --At least 300 North Korean soldiers sent to aid Russia in its war against Ukraine have been killed and 2,700 have been injured, South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers on ...
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North Korean troop fatalities and injuries exceed 3,000 in Ukraine, Seoul says
SEOUL, Jan 13 (Reuters) - North Korean troop fatalities and injuries in Ukraine have likely exceeded 3,000, including about 300 deaths and 2,700 injuries, a South Korean lawmaker briefed by the ...
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Seoul Confirms Ukraine Captured Two North Korean Soldiers
Ukraine, the United States and South Korea have accused nuclear-armed North Korea of sending more than 10,000 soldiers to help bolster Russian forces. Seoul's National Intelligence Service (NIS ...
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A Fourth Trump-Kim Summit Would Be Complicated by North Korea’s Alliance With Putin’s Russia
Kim’s enhanced alliance with President Putin adds a whole new dimension to the North-South Korean standoff, as well as to the ...
Can Trump handle today’s Korean peninsula?
President Trump has promised so much on his first few days back at his desk in the White House, one must wonder how much he ...
What to expect after South Korean president’s indictment on rebellion charges
The jailed president Yoon Suk Yeol, who had been holed up in his presidential compound for weeks after issuing a martial law ...
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N. Korea test-fires sea-to-surface strategic cruise missile: KCNA
North Korea has test-fired sea-to-surface strategic guided cruise missiles, state news agency KCNA reported Sunday, adding ...