South Korea's spy agency says an estimated 4,700 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded while fighting alongside Russia against Ukrainian forces

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It comes after the first official acknowledgement by Pyongyang and Moscow of North Korean troops' involvement in the Ukraine war.