North Korea, Russia

Vladimir Putin reeling as North Korea troops make humiliating retreat from Kursk region
North Korean soldiers sent to fight in Russia's Kursk region haven't been seen for several weeks, reports say.
Russia withdraws North Korean troops in Kursk after losses, Seoul says
North Korea began sending an estimated 11,000 troops to the Russian Kursk region in late 2024, soon after the North’s ruler, Kim Jong-un, and the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, agreed a mutual defence pact designed to strengthen their alliance against what they called a US-led “western hegemony”.
Exclusive-Ukraine Sees Marked Improvement in Accuracy of Russia's North Korean Missiles
Though North Korean ballistic missiles account for only a small portion of Russia's missile strikes they carry a large warhead of up to one tonne and have a range of up to 800 km, the military source said. The Iskander-M, an equivalent Russian missile, carries a smaller payload and has a shorter range of 500 km.
North Korea's forces appear to be the latest 'expendable' army chewed up fighting Russia's war against Ukraine
North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia are reported to have suffered significant losses.Though the troops are believed to be elite forces, they've been used similarly to Russian prison units.The soldiers appear to have been removed from combat.
North Korea troops in Russia pulled from Kursk front line combat because of 'many casualties'
North Korean soldiers previously fighting alongside Russia's army on the Kursk front line appear not to have been engaged in combat since mid-January, South Korea's spy agency told AFP on Tuesday, after Ukraine claimed they had been withdrawn following heavy losses.
North Koreans Fake Tuberculosis To Avoid Military Deployment to Russia War
North Koreans are privately questioning why Ukraine has suddenly become their enemy, sources told Radio Free Asia.
Inside the operations that took captive 2 North Korean soldiers fighting Ukraine
It also shed some light on the mindset and training of the conscripted North Korean soldiers sent to fight Russia’s war a continent away from their home. Highly disciplined, ready to die but also very young and with little battlefield experience they elicited curiosity and even some pity from the Ukrainian soldiers who captured them during two separate missions on Jan.
North Korean soldier's desperate two requests after being captured fighting in Ukraine
A North Korean soldier captured fighting for Russia in Ukraine last month reportedly made just two requests to his captors - one for water and another for a cigarette
North Korean soldier asked for two things after being captured fighting for Russia
One Ukrainian special forces soldier shares details of how his team captured the North Korean, giving an insight into the North Korean mindset.
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