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Military members salute during a military demonstration involving tank units, guided by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (not pictured), in North Korea, March 13, 2024 in this picture released on March 14, 2024, by the Korean Central News Agency. KCNA via REUTERS/File Photo
World+Biz

North Korea's suicide soldiers pose new challenge for Ukraine in war with Russia

Evidence mounts that some soldiers kill themselves before capture

People watch a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing multiple short-range missiles, in Seoul, South Korea, January 14, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Asia

North Korea fires short-range missiles ahead of Trump return

A North Korean soldier looks toward the south as a South Korean soldier stands guard in the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, South Korea, August 28, 2019. Photo :Reuters
World+Biz

Seoul says 300 North Korean soldiers killed fighting Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, January 9, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Heiko Becker
Europe

Ukraine captures two North Korean soldiers in Kursk: Zelenskiy

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un attend an official welcoming ceremony at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea June 19, 2024. Photo: Sputnik/Vladimir Smirnov/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Europe

US warns North Korea becoming better prepared for war, fighting against Ukraine

A missile flies during what state media KCNA says is a test of a new intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile at an undisclosed location January 6, 2025, in this photo released on January 7, 2025 by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS
Asia

North Korea successfully tests new intermediate-range missile: state media

South Korea's Acting President Choi Sang-mok, right, and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, attend a meeting in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. Photo: Lee Jin-man/Pool via REUTERS
Asia

North Korea fires ballistic missile as Blinken visits Seoul

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Ministry of National Defense on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang, North Korea in this picture released on February 9, 2024 by the Korean Central News Agency. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS/File Photo
Asia

North Korea launches 'toughest' US strategy in key party meeting

South Korea's military believes that North Korea is seeking to modernise its conventional warfare capabilities through combat experience gained in the Russia-Ukraine war. Photo: AFP
World+Biz

N Korean soldier captured in Russia-Ukraine war dies: Seoul

Soldiers participate in a military parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in Pyongyang, North Korea, July 27, 2023, in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency. KCNA via REUTERS/File Photo
World+Biz

South Korea says it detects signs of North Korea preparing more troops, drones for Russia

The North Korean flag flutters at the North Korea consular office in Dandong, Liaoning province, China April 20, 2021. Picture taken April 20, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
Asia

North Korean troops suffer 100 deaths, struggling in drone warfare: South Korea

A view shows flags of Russia and North Korea attached to a car during a ceremony welcoming Russia's President Vladimir Putin at an airport in Pyongyang, North Korea June 19, 2024. Photo: Sputnik/Vladimir Smirnov/Pool via REUTERS/Files
USA

US hits North Korea and Russia with new sanctions: US Treasury

Korean People's Army soldiers in Pyongyang. File Photo: Ed Jones/AFP
Europe

At least 30 N Korean soldiers killed and wounded in Russia's Kursk region: Ukraine