1 day ago · A North Korean soldier attempts suicide rather than be captured . On the same day, soldiers from an airborne unit captured another North Korean soldier, this time by chance and without initially realizing who they were taking prisoner. It all began around 5 a.m., when a North Korean assault struck their position.

1 day ago · South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) told AFP news agency that the North Korean units have halted combat operations in Russia’s Kursk region “since mid-January”.

6 days ago · North Korea and Russia have not commented. On Friday, the Ukrainian special forces spokesman told the BBC he was only referring to areas in the Kursk region where his forces were fighting.

5 days ago · Zelensky noted that there were 60,000 Russian troops in Kursk and 12,000 North Koreans. ... signed by Russia and North Korea in decades and has been viewed as something of a revival of their 1961 ...

Dec 17, 2024 · A senior U.S. military official says a couple hundred North Korean troops fighting alongside Russian forces against Ukraine have been killed or wounded in battle in the Kursk border region.

Dec 16, 2024 · LONDON -- The Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Directorate of Intelligence said on Monday that at least 30 North Korean soldiers were killed and wounded in weekend battles in Russia's western Kursk region, prompting commanders to send reinforcements to frontline units.

Dec 18, 2024 · LONDON -- Ukraine's intelligence services released new information Tuesday about the conduct of North Korean troops now fighting alongside Russian forces in the western Russian region of Kursk, which since August has been a …

Dec 19, 2024 · The 8th Regiment of Ukrainian Special Forces said they had killed 50 North Korean soldiers in Kursk and wounded 47 between Saturday and Monday.

Nov 10, 2024 · Russia has amassed a large force of tens of thousands — including recently arrived North Korean troops — to carry out an assault on the Ukrainian positions in Russia’s Kursk region expected in...

Dec 23, 2024 · The number of killed and injured North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russian forces in Russia's Kursk region has surpassed 3000, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his...