North Korea, Ukraine

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.
A former soldier in North Korea's army says he was restricted to firing 3 bullets a year
Hyunseung Lee, a former soldier who fled North Korea, told BI that those sent to fight against Ukraine have "zero relationship with modern warfare."
Suicidal tendencies and ’80s battlefield tactics: How North Korean soldiers are operating in Russia’s war on Ukraine
Ukrainian special operations forces have given an insight into the brutal, near-suicidal tactics of the North Koreans they have faced in intense fighting in the Russian border region of Kursk.
North Korean soldiers dispatched to Russia
Over 12,000 North Korean troops are estimated to be fighting against Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk region, the United Nations Security Council learned last week.
Voluntary repatriation of North Korean POWs in Ukraine
With new reports of North Korean troops captured as POWs in Ukraine, as resident Zelensky puts it, there is now "irrefutable evidence" that North Korea has been involved in Russia's war against Ukrain
What the North Koreans took into battle against Ukraine
Weapons and notes left on dead North Korean troops in Russia give Ukraine a glimpse into their mindset — and show how they are quickly adapting to modern war.
‘They don’t take prisoners’: How North Korean soldiers are operating in Ukraine
North Korean soldiers have been deployed to fight for Russia, repelling Ukraine’s incursion in the border region of Kursk. CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh gained rare insight into their brutal and near-suicidal tactics,
North Korean Troops Pull Back From Frontline in Russia: Ukraine Military
Soldiers from North Korea fighting on behalf of Moscow have reportedly pulled back from the frontline in Russia's Kursk region.
Ukraine war latest: North Korean forces reportedly pull back from one front-line sector following heavy casualties
North Korean troops seem to temporarily withdraw from one section of front in Kursk Oblast, military says Russia claims to capture Velyka Novosilka, Ukraine admits partial retreat but says battles ongoing Russia intensifies attacks near Pokrovsk,
North Korean troops 'pulling back' from Russian frontlines as intense battle rages
Ukraine took Russia by surprise when it captured 500 miles in the Kursk region in the summer of 2024 before Moscow retaliated.
Third of North Korean troops already wiped out in Ukraine
British intelligence has reported that one-third of the troops deployed alongside Russian forces in Ukraine are already out of action. Pyongyang sent a contingent of 12,000 soldiers to Russia to assist local forces in regaining lost territory in the Kursk region,
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Worsening persecution in North Korea calls for change in mission strategy: 'Complete control'
The Database Center for North Korean Human Rights (NKDB) announced the results of its 2024 White Paper on Religious Freedom in North Korea and a public awareness survey on North Korean human rights at ...
Trump sends message with DOJ firings and DeepSeek turns heads: Morning Rundown
Former DOJ and FBI officials said the Justice Department's firing of career lawyers involved in the prosecutions of Donald ...
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North Korean Troops Thought Ukraine War Was an Exercise
as the regime targets the families of defectors for punishment including isolation and forced labor. President Volodymyr Zelensky: "In addition to the first captured soldiers from North Korea ...
‘Squid Game 2’ Stars Park Gyu-Young & Lee Seo-Hwan Talk Auditions & How One Scene Reminded Them Of Korea’s 2002 World Cup
This article contains spoilers for Squid Game Season 2. Park plays Kang No-eul, a North Korean defector who is desperately ...
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Head of foundation supporting N. Korean defectors dismissed over alleged sexual harassment
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Yonhap) -- The head of the Korea Hana Foundation, a public institution supporting defectors from North Korea, ...
Reticent North Korea wary of blowback as it watches South Korean political crisis
At first glance, the downfall of conservative South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol might appear to offer North Korean state media czars a propaganda windfall. But, so far, Pyongyang’s coverage of the ...
North Koreans fight over feces after Kim Jong Un demands impossibly high quota of human waste for fertilizer
North Koreans have been reduced to stealing each others' feces after Kim Jong Un demanded an impossibly high quota of human waste from his people to use as fertilizer.
Ukrainians said North Koreans are so determined to avoid capture that one tried to take himself out with a concrete pillar
The paratroopers said the already-wounded North Korean ran "headfirst" into a concrete pillar when they tried to load him ...