North Korea has not responded to reports of its troops captured or killed by Ukraine forces. It has never publicised the deployment or large shipments of North Korean artillery shells and other weapons sent to Russia to help its war against Ukraine, although they marked the country’s first intervention in a major armed conflict overseas in decades.

To avoid being hit by multiple drone attacks from the air, North Koreans have taken to forming a ‘human shield,’” says a Seoul-based specialist.

South Korea’s spy agency has told lawmakers that two North Korean soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces while fighting alongside Russian forces in Russia’s Kursk border region haven’t expressed a desi

North Korea's military contingent in Russia’s Kursk region may face total annihilation by mid-April, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), as reported by Digi24.ro. The think tank noted that Pyongyang could struggle to sustain such heavy losses.

A video circulating on social media appears to show North Korean soldiers engaging in combat in Russia’s Kursk region. According to Ukrainian military b