It is the first time that Western officials have confirmed that a high-ranking North Korean military officer has become a casualty in the escalating Russia-Ukraine conflict.

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What You Need to Know: North Korean troops, reportedly from the elite 11th Corps "Storm Corps", are fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine, marking a significant escalation in the war. With reports suggesting 11,000 North Koreans already deployed and potentially up to 100,000 planned, their presence amplifies concerns that this localized conflict could ev...

Unconfirmed reports said the attack on a teacher working as an interpreter happened 10 miles from the front lines.

High-profile military personnel, possibly even North Korean generals, may have been at a compound hit by Western-supplied Storm Shadow missiles.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a North Korean zoo more than 70 animals including an African lion, two brown bears and two yaks, Russia's environment ministry reported, amid growing military ties.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) North Korea and Russia reached a new agreement for expanding economic cooperation following high-level talks in Pyongyang this week, the Norths state media said Thursday, as they continue to align in the face of their confrontations with Washington.

An African lion, two bears, two domestic yaks, 25 pheasants, 40 mandarin ducks and five white cockatoos were sent to North Korea.

Russia has sent a gift of more than 70 animals to North Korea for the Pyongyang Zoo, including bears, yaks, ducks and cockatoos.

WASHINGTON Years of high-profile intercontinental ballistic missile tests by North Korea have fallen short of demonstrating that Pyongyang can successfully launch and deliver a nuclear warhead against the U.S. mainland, the head of American forces in the Indo-Pacific said.

Since Russias full-scale invasion of Ukraine, North Korea has moved from vocal support of Russia and the invasion to shippingmissiles and artillery shells to Russia to sending North Korean

The National Intelligence Service also said Kim Jong Un could be preparing to visit Russia, where he has sent thousands of troops.

Yuliya Kazdobina on Ukrainian reaction to US setting a limit on where US made weapons can be used inside Russia.

Big news: North Korea is not a black hole. It is a country that is now sending its military to the other side of Eurasia.Historically, Pyongyangs problem has been its militarys lack of combat experience against a determined enemy. The Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK) has not fought in a significant conflict since the Korean War armistice in 1953. Yet, Ukraines i...

North Korea could send up to 100,000 troops to aid Moscow in its war against Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned, amid reports that the North was sending additional long-range artillery systems.

To confront China, Russia, and North Korea, Trump should forgo a review and speed up the arsenals modernization.

In a country that fetes its military elites like celebrities, Col. Gen. Kim Yong Bok was rarely seen in public. Until he was chosen to lead Pyongyangs troops sent to aid Russia.