North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made a rare public acknowledgment of overseas military casualties, citing nine deaths among troops deployed to Russia’s Kursk region. Analysts see the remarks as a signal that Pyongyang may continue sending forces abroad.
At the UN General Assembly’s first high-level session on North Korea, defectors gave harrowing testimony of life under the regime, as diplomats and rights experts pushed for global accountability.
Over 5,000 North Korean soldiers are likely to have been killed or injured in Russia's war against Ukraine, according to a new assessment by the British Ministry of Defense.
