Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that the US believes Russia is expanding space cooperation with North Korea in return for North Korean troops fighting in Ukraine. Blinken also noted that Russia may be close to formally acknowledging North Korea as a nuclear power.

Russian and North Korean forces suffered heavy losses in Russia’s southern Kursk region, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said, as a Kyiv’s forces begin a counter attack.“In battles yesterday and today near just one village,

A North Korean soldier who was captured while fighting in Russia's war against Ukraine has died of his wounds, South Korea's spy agency said Friday. Pyongyang has deployed thousands of troops to reinforce Russia's military, including in the Kursk border region where Ukraine mounted a shock border incursion in August.

There are risks of North Korea sending additional troops and military equipment to the Russian army,” Zelensky said. “We will have tangible responses to this.”

"Through various sources of information and intelligence, we assess that North Korean troops who have recently engaged in combat with Ukrainian forces have suffered around 1,100 casualties," the JCS said in a statement.

South Korea's military has said that North Korea is preparing to deploy more troops and send additional equipment to Russia after approximately ... according to Seoul news outlet Yonhap News ...

Seoul's military noted that North Korea was aiming to modernise its conventional warfare capabilities based on combat experience in the Russia-Ukraine war. "This could lead to an increase in the ...

Seoul's military believes that North Korea was seeking to modernize its conventional warfare capabilities through combat experience gained in the Russia-Ukraine war. North Korean state media said ...

Pyongyang has deployed thousands of soldiers to reinforce Russian troops, including in the Kursk border region.

Ukraine's allies have called Pyongyang's growing involvement in Russia's war in Ukraine a "dangerous expansion" of the conflict. Seoul's military believes that North Korea was seeking to modernise ...

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