A former soldier in North Korea's army says he was restricted to firing 3 bullets a year
Hyunseung Lee, a former soldier who fled North Korea, told BI that those sent to fight against Ukraine have "zero relationship with modern warfare."
North Korean soldiers dispatched to Russia
Over 12,000 North Korean troops are estimated to be fighting against Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk region, the United Nations Security Council learned last week.
North Korea’s 'self-detonating' suicide soldiers 'posing new threat on Ukraine battlefield'
A North Korean defector and former soldier for the tyrannical regime claimed that his countrymen had been brainwashed into believing they should commit suicide rather than be captured
North Korea's suicide soldiers pose new challenge for Ukraine in war with Russia
There is mounting evidence from the battlefield, intelligence reports and testimonies of defectors that some North Korean soldiers are resorting to extreme measures as they support Russia's three-year war with Ukraine.
300 North Korean troops have been killed in Ukraine, South Korea says
Separately, Ukraine revealed more details about the first two North Korean soldiers it has captured alive and said it was willing to exchange them for Ukrainians held in Russia.
North Korean Troops Thought Ukraine War Was an Exercise
as the regime targets the families of defectors for punishment including isolation and forced labor. President Volodymyr Zelensky: "In addition to the first captured soldiers from North Korea ...
Ukrainian forces detail capture of injured North Korean soldier in Kursk
Ukrainian forces detailed the capture of a North Korean soldier on the western Kursk front in Russia on Tuesday.
Ukrainian paratroopers report how they captured North Korean soldier
Soldiers of the 95th Separate Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine told the details of how they captured a North Korean soldier in the Kursk region. The North Korean soldier was wounded and tried to commit suicide,
North Korean Soldier Speaks After Ukraine Capture: 'I Didn't Know'
"I didn't even know who we were fighting against," the captured soldier from Pyongyang told Ukraine's Security Service.
Ukraine Intercepts Orders for North Korean Troops to Shoot Ukrainian POWs
Reports suggest that North Korean soldiers are ordered to avoid capture at all costs, even resorting to suicide rather than falling into enemy hands. Ukrainian military sources in
Captured North Korean soldier says in video he didn't know he would fight Ukraine
A North Korean prisoner of war captured by Ukrainian forces said he came to Russia not knowing who he would fight in an additional interrogation video released by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on X,
North Koreans fight over feces after Kim Jong Un demands impossibly high quota of human waste for fertilizer
North Koreans have been reduced to stealing each others' feces after Kim Jong Un demanded an impossibly high quota of human waste from his people to use as fertilizer.
Reticent North Korea wary of blowback as it watches South Korean political crisis
At first glance, the downfall of conservative South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol might appear to offer North Korean state media czars a propaganda windfall. But, so far, Pyongyang’s coverage of the ...
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Head of foundation supporting N. Korean defectors dismissed over alleged sexual harassment
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Yonhap) -- The head of the Korea Hana Foundation, a public institution supporting defectors from North Korea, ...
Escape from North Korea, then and now
It has been said that everything is brand new to those who don’t know history. Earlier this year, I was interviewed live on ...
‘Squid Game 2’ Stars Park Gyu-Young & Lee Seo-Hwan Talk Auditions & How One Scene Reminded Them Of Korea’s 2002 World Cup
Squid Game' Season 2 stars Park Gyu-young and Lee Seo-hwan share more about how they got involved with the second season of ...
North Korea suspected of preparing to send more troops to Russia, Seoul says
South Korea's military said on Friday that it suspects North Korea is preparing to send more troops to Russia to fight Ukrainian forces, even after suffering losses and seeing some of its soldiers ...