North Korea, Seoul and Ukraine

Seoul’s spy agency says North Korean soldiers captured in Ukraine haven’t shown desire to defect
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he’s willing to hand over the soldiers to North Korea, if Kim Jong Un arranges for an exchange with Ukrainian prisoners of war in Russia.
North Korea Suspected of Preparing to Send More Troops to Russia, Seoul Says
Pyongyang has deployed about 11,000 soldiers to support Moscow's forces in Russia's western Kursk region, according to Ukrainian and Western assessments, which Ukraine seized in a surprise attack last year. More than 3,000 have been killed or wounded, according to Kyiv.
Ukraine intel chief says North Korean weapons are flooding into Russia
Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov said Pyongyang has already provided Russia with 120 self-propelled artillery guns and 120 multiple launch rocket systems, with more to come.
North Korea prepares to send more troops to Russia after suffering casualties, South Korea says
South Korea's military says it suspects North Korea is preparing to send additional troops to Russia after its soldiers already deployed on the Russian-Ukraine war fronts suffered heavy casualties.
North Korea to deliver at least 150 ballistic missiles and artillery to Russia in 2025, Ukraine's intelligence reports
North Korea is set to provide Russia with at least 150 KN-23 short-range ballistic missiles, along with artillery shells and related systems, in 2025. Source: The War Zone, citing Kyrylo Budanov, Head of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) Quote: "Artillery is used to support both North Korean and Russian operations,
North Korea strengthens Russia with artillery and missiles by 2025
In an interview with The War Zone, the head of Ukrainian intelligence, Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, reported on the military support that North Korea plans to provide to Russia in 2025. He mentioned that the Kremlin would receive M1989 "Koksan" artillery systems,
North Korea to send artillery units, 150 more ballistic missiles to aid Russia’s war, Budanov says
North Korea is expected to send reinforcements to Russia’s Kursk Oblast, mainly gun and rocket artillery units, Ukraine’s military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov said in an interview with The War Zone magazine published on Jan.
North Korea will provide Russia with more ballistic missiles, howitzers in 2025 - Ukraine's intel chief
North Korea will send Russia another 150 short-range ballistic missiles this year. Pyongyang is also likely to transfer additional howitzers, as the head of Ukraine's intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, said in an interview with The War Zone.
North Korea's assembly meets but no mention of unification, foreign policy changes
North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) met over two days this week and reported on its achievements during 2024 but ...
Trump calls North Korea a 'nuclear power,' drawing a rebuke from Seoul
South Korea said denuclearization was still the goal after President Donald Trump used a phrase that could imply recognition ...
North Korea tells United Nations it is a ‘responsible nuclear state’
North Korea defended its right to maintain a nuclear weapons program at a United Nations disarmament conference held shortly ...
South Korea says denuclearising North Korea still goal after reports Trump called it nuclear power
South Korea's defence ministry said on Tuesday the denuclearisation of North Korea must continue to be the goal necessary for ...
North Korea stands to lose all 12,000 of its troops in Kursk by mid-April if its casualty rate holds, analysts say
A South Korean lawmaker said Seoul's intelligence showed some 3,000 North Korean troops have been wounded or killed in Kursk.
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South Korea's top envoy vows to uphold denuclearization goal after Trump's 'nuclear power' remark
South Korea's top envoy to the United States vowed Thursday to ensure that Seoul and Washington maintain the goal of North Korea's denuclearization, after U.S. President Donald Trump described ...
North Korea warns of responding 'more intensively' to U.S. drills with South Korea, Japan
North Korea warned Friday that it would exercise its right to self-defense "more intensively" as it condemned recent joint ...
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North Korea launches missiles toward eastern waters in 2nd launch of year, South says
South Korea’s military says North Korea has test-fired multiple missiles toward its eastern waters in its second launch event ...
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N. Korea reports on impeachment trial against Yoon
North Korea's state media on Friday reported on President Yoon Suk Yeol's detention for an investigation into his short-lived ...
North Korea launches short-range ballistic missiles ahead of Trump's return to White House
North Korea fired several short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea on Tuesday, Seoul's military said, in a ...