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Ukraine’s military intelligence agency, the GUR, said over the weekend that the North Korean troops had been armed with extensive hardware, including mortar shells, anti-tank guided missiles and ...
A photo shows a cell where an alleged North Korean soldier held after being captured by the Ukrainian army on January 11, 2025. Earlier this month, Ukraine captured two North Korean soldiers in Kursk.
The agency said it was willing to discuss the matter with Ukrainian authorities if the soldiers eventually do ask to go to South Korea. About 34,000 North Koreans have defected to capitalist rival ...
North Korea repeatedly sided with Russia during the Ukraine conflict. The country officially recognized Crimea as part of Russia as early as 2017, thereby supporting Moscow's position at the international level. [1] With the escalation of the conflict and the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, North Korea continued its support for Russia ...
Ukrainian and U.S. officials say some 11,000 North Korean troops have been deployed to the Russian region of Kursk, where Ukrainian forces launched a cross-border incursion in August and recently ...
In June 2002, 17 North Korean defectors were reportedly captured by Vietnamese border forces and deported to China. [121] [122] 5 North Korean defectors who surrendered to the Ho Chi Minh City police in May 2004 in an appeal to go to South Korea were reportedly deported to China by Vietnamese authorities on 16 June. [123]
The North Korean embassy in Moscow was also accredited to Ukraine. Ukraine was accredited to North Korea through the embassy in Beijing. In 1998, North Korea closed its embassy in Kyiv (as well as several other embassies) due to the country's severely reduced budget after the collapse of the Eastern Bloc. [3]
A group of North Korean soldiers has been spotted in Russia’s Kursk region, an area that borders Ukraine and has seen ongoing military operations, Ukraine’s military intelligence service ...