Pyongyang would seem to have little reason to send its own people to risk their lives in the Russia-Ukraine War. But these soldiers appear to be at the heart of the North Korea-Russia security partnership.

Ukraine's president has said North Korean forces have returned to the front line in Russia's western Kursk region, after reports they had recently been withdrawn due to heavy casualties.

Russian military personnel are being treated in North Korea's "best hospitals and sanatoriums," an official said.

North Korean soldiers are "sitting ducks," says a British YouTuber who travelled to the frontlines in the Ukraine.

Russian soldiers wounded in the war in Ukraine are being rehabilitated in North Korean sanatoriums and specialized clinics, said the Russian ambassador to North Korea, Alexandr Matsegora. “A clear example of the fraternal relationship between Russians and North Koreans is the rehabilitation of hundreds of fighters wounded in the special military operation in Korean sanatoriums and medical centers,