The New Yorker13d
The U.S. Military’s Recruiting Crisis
At the peak of the Vietnam War, when the draft was still in effect, there were some three and a half million men and women in uniform ... Iran, and North Korea—are coöperating on military ...
North Korea Is Caring for Russia’s Wounded Soldiers, Envoy Says
Russia’s ambassador to North Korea said that its Asian ally is also hosting Russian children orphaned by its war against ...
Defectors offer insight into mindset of North Korean soldiers fighting in Ukraine
All North Korean recruits are taught a song that includes a verse about saving their last bullet for themselves to avoid capture, one former soldier told NBC News.
New York Post7d
Elite North Korean troops return to the fight after devastating battlefield losses
North Korean soldiers returned to the battlefield in Russia after being temporarily pulled from the frontlines, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. North Korean soldiers in a 2012 ...
France 248d
North Korean soldiers back on Russia's front line, says Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that North Korean troops were back on the front line in Russia's Kursk region, after reports Moscow had withdrawn them due to heavy losses.
Reuters4d
North Korea condemns Trump's Gaza takeover proposal as 'bluster'
SEOUL, Feb 12 (Reuters) - North Korean state media on Wednesday denounced U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to take over Gaza and relocate Palestinians as bluster and accused Washington of ...
CNN4d
Hundreds of wounded Russian soldiers treated in North Korea, envoy says
North Korea has treated hundreds of Russian soldiers injured in Ukraine, Moscow’s ambassador to Pyongyang told state media, as he revealed new details of the reclusive state’s backing for the ...
Stars and Stripes5d
US, South Korea test combat coordination near border, drawing North’s ire
Machine gun and artillery fire echoed through a barren valley Monday as U.S. and South Korean troops trained together in ...
Business Insider29d
North Korea stands to lose all 12,000 of its troops in Kursk by mid-April if its casualty rate holds, analysts say
If North Korea's current casualty rate holds, it would take three more months for Pyongyang to lose all of its estimated 12,000 troops deployed to fight Ukraine, per an estimate by researchers ...
Newsweek15d
Have North Korean Troops Been Withdrawn From Front Lines? What We Know
Reports that North Korean troops are no longer being seen on the front lines in Russia's Kursk region have led to questions over whether they have been withdrawn from fighting against Ukrainian ...
The Straits Times5d
Thousands of North Korean workers sent to Russian construction sites: Seoul
SEOUL - North Korea sent a large number of workers to Russia in 2024, as well as troops, according to the National Intelligence Service (NIS) in Seoul. The NIS said on Feb 9 that North Korea has ...
Yahoo7d
North Korea's Kim slams US-South Korea-Japan partnership and vows to boost his nuclear program
FILE - In this undated photo provided Oct. 6, 2024, by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits an artillery exercise at an undisclosed place in North Korea. Independent ...