Lee Seongmin has become key to Kyiv’s efforts to understand the soldiers sent by Kim Jong Un to fight for Russia.

A former North Korean military sergeant has revealed that Pyongyang's soldiers deployed to Russia to fight in Ukraine fear capture more than death, as they are told their families will be executed if they are taken alive.

That marked an extraordinary shift in US foreign policy under President Donald Trump and a clear departure from US-led efforts to isolate Russia over its war in Ukraine. Observers say North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could send more troops to Russia to win further Russian assistance before the war ends.

North Korea has sent additional troops to Russia after mass casualties in the previous deployment that fought in Ukraine, a new assessment has found...

The reports of a new deployment come after Pyongyang was said to be suffering heavy losses in the Kursk region.

A U.S. government official confirmed Wednesday that North Korea has deployed additional troops to support Russia in its war against Ukraine, following a recent confirmation by South Korea's spy agency.

North Korea has deployed a second batch of 1,500 troops to support Russia’s war in Ukraine, with the soldiers already stationed near the front lines in Russia’s Kursk region, a South Korean lawmaker said on March 5.

The psychological warfare to urge North Korean soldiers to surrender in battle has had little effect, according to Ukrainian intelligence Reports of more North Korean troops training for deployment in the Ukraine war have raised alarm in Seoul,