North Korea, Ukraine

Defectors offer insight into mindset of North Korean soldiers fighting in Ukraine
All North Korean recruits are taught a song that includes a verse about saving their last bullet for themselves to avoid capture, one former soldier told NBC News.
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 into a vehicle.
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.
‘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,
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,
Ukrainians Reveal North Korean Equipment – More Dangerous Than Expected
While Russia has received support from various allies, recent reports suggest a growing presence of North Korean troops on the battlefield. Their involvement raises questions about their role in the conflict and the equipment they bring to the fight.
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Zelenskyy ready to exchange N Korean soldiers for Ukrainians held in Russia
Zelenskyy said Russia and North Korea’s ... He did not provide specific details. South Korea’s NIS, meanwhile, told the AFP news agency that it had “confirmed that the Ukrainian military ...
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Zelenskyy says Ukraine ready to trade captured North Koreans for Ukrainian prisoners
In an unverified video posted by Zelenskyy that appeared to show an ... Lee Seong-kweun, a lawmaker on the intelligence committee of South Korea's parliament, said memos recovered on the bodies ...
NBC News19d
Ukraine captured two injured North Korean soldiers, Zelenskyy says
where they are now communicating with the Security Service of Ukraine,” Zelenskyy wrote on X, alongside a series of photos of the prisoners. South Korea’s National Intelligence Service ...
North Korean soldier shouted ‘Kim Jong-un’ before blowing himself up on battlefield
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Hankyoreh on MSN8h
[Column] The faces of North Korean POWs
By Kim Ji-eun, deputy international news editor Article 13 of the Third Geneva Convention, as established in 1949, states, “Prisoners of war must at all times be protected, particularly against acts ...
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North Korea
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said more than 3,000 North ... North Korea may dispatch more troops to Russia despite casualties, South Korea’s National Intelligence told lawmakers ...
Ukraine-Russia latest: Zelensky makes demand for Trump talks to end war as Kyiv shoots down missile attack
Kyiv hits major oil refinery in huge drone attack as North Korea ‘prepares more troops’ - Russia says it has downed at least ...
South Korea’s Impeached Leader Is Indicted on Insurrection Charges
President Yoon Suk Yeol will stand trial along with his former defense minister and others who participated in his ...