The number of North Korean defectors who arrived in South Korea reached 236 in 2024, up by 20.4 percent compared to the ...

Reports that North Korean troops are no longer being seen on the front lines in Russia's Kursk region have led to questions over whether they have been withdrawn from fighting against Ukrainian ...

About 12,000 North Korean soldiers have been sent to Russia, according to Ukrainian officials and Western intelligence reports, which say around 4,000 those troops have been killed or injured.

Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — North Korean troops have not been seen on the frontlines in Russia’s Kursk region for several weeks, a Ukrainian military official said Friday, amid reports of mass ...

In this undated photo provided Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, second from top, inspects a facility that produces nuclear material at an ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. then-President Donald Trump shake hands over the military demarcation line between North and South Korea on June 30, 2019. Korean Central News Agency/AP ...

But Lee Chul Eun is one of them. Lee, 38, a North Korean defector and former soldier now living in South Korea, said it is “devastating” to see troops from the reclusive, communist-ruled North ...

The ROK's National Intelligence Service provides that North Korea deployed around 12,000 soldiers in Kursk Oblast, and at least 300 soldiers have been killed and 2700 wounded. Among them, two were ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A TV screen at Seoul Railway Station in South Korea, on Oct. 21, 2024, shows an image of soldiers believed ...

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. North Korea launched ...