North Korea opens a housing district for families of its soldiers killed in Russia-Ukraine war

North Korea says it completed a housing district in Pyongyang for families of soldiers killed while fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine.

Yoo says N. Korean POWs on Russia swap list, urges action

Yoo Yong-won of conservative PPP said N. Korean POW in Ukraine who have expressed desire to defect to S. Korea included on Russia's repatriation lists

For Ukrainian troops, the North Korea problem isn't soldiers launching assaults. It's artillery, lawmaker says.

North Korean forces initially supported Russia with infantry assaults, but they've pivoted to drone and artillery operations.
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Russia’s Role on North Korea: More Important than You Might Think

In the context of resolving the North Korean nuclear challenge, Russia rarely makes the news. South Korea is the reverse image; China is the enabler; the United States is the tough guy; and Japan is a one-man band seeking the return of its abductees.
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Foreign Minister Cho Hyun rules out repatriation of North Korean soldiers to North Korea, Russia

Foreign Minister Cho Hyun stated regarding the two North Korean soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces in January of last year that “they will not be repatriated (to North Korea or Russia).” During the National Assembly Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee plenary session on the 6th,

FM Cho affirms captured N. Korean soldiers in Ukraine will not be sent back to Russia

Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Friday that Ukraine has assured him that two North Korean soldiers captured while fighting alongside Russia will not be repatriated to Moscow.
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Russia and the North Korean Nuclear Challenge

North Korea’s sixth nuclear test on September 3, 2017, generated reports of tremors being felt as far away as Changchun, China, over 400 miles from the Punggye-ri test site. Although it stands to reason that the tremors also reached into the sparsely ...
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Never has North Korea felt more smug about its nuclear weapons

If there’s one thing that the ongoing Iran-US conflict is teaching North Korea, it is that nuclear weapons are