‘Pyongyang will always be with Moscow’: Kim signals strong backing as Russia intensifies attacks on Ukraine

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has reaffirmed unwavering support for Russia, pledging Pyongyang will stand by Moscow amid intensified drone attacks on Ukraine.

Ukraine says captured North Korean soldiers granted POW status

Ukraine's Defense Ministry has told that captured N. Korean soldiers are recognized as POW and are being protected under the Geneva Convention ...

North Korean labourers describe ‘lives worse than cattle’ in Russia

North Korean workers in Russia allowed only one shower a year and ‘treated worse than cattle’ - Kim Jong Un’s overseas labour ...

Ukraine war spillover raises security concerns for Korean Peninsula, warn diplomats

Diplomats and experts in Seoul warned that war in Ukraine is reshaping the global security landscape and raising new risks for the Korean Peninsula, as military ...

Report says North Korea gained up to $14.4B from Russia ties

N. Korea may have earned as much as $14.4 billion from arms exports and troop deployments linked to Russia's war in Ukraine, the report said by KRIS ...

Cockroaches, surveillance and 16-hour days: The life of a North Korean worker in Russia

Workers at Russian construction sites are among more than 100,000 North Koreans being exploited worldwide as part of a state-sponsored labor program, researchers say in a new report.
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What Will Happen to North Korean POWs in Ukraine?

This still image from a video posted on X by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shows what Ukraine says is an injured North Korea soldier captured on the battlefield in Kursk. Credit: ...