TOKYO — Thousands of North Korean soldiers in Russia are believed to be there to aid Moscow’s war against Ukraine, a massive and unprecedented mobilization of troops by Pyongyang for a faraway ...

North Korean troops are likely to join combat operations against Ukrainian forces inside Russia in the “coming days” after about 8,000 of them have been deployed to the occupied Kursk region ...

South Korea aims to send a team to Ukraine to monitor and analyze the activities of the North Korean soldiers that have been deployed in Russia, a presidential official said on Wednesday.

This week’s revelations that North Korean troops could within days join Russia’s war in Ukraine have raised the prospect of the U.S. and its allies getting more involved in the conflict.

But Vladimir Putin's comments on Thursday at the end of the BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, appeared to have bestowed a new, elevated status on North Korea and especially its military — that of ...

It is now clear that at least some number of North Korean troops are fighting for Russia in its war against Ukraine. South Korea’s National Intelligence Service has asserted that approximately ...

Benjamin Harris is a CFR research associate for Europe and U.S. foreign policy. North Korea has already been helping Russia sustain its firepower on the battlefield, providing it with millions of ...

South Korea threatened to send weapons and resources to Ukraine in response to its longtime foe, North Korea, escalating support for Russia's invasion. If it goes ahead, it could prove a powerful ...

North Korea’s shipment of at least 3,000 troops to Russia—the latest and largest step in a massive effort to help Vladimir Putin in his war against Ukraine—holds serious implications for ...

(Reuters) - North Korea's military has come under the spotlight after the United States joined South Korea and Ukraine this week to accuse Pyongyang of dispatching thousands of troops to Russia ...

The thousands of North Korean troops US intelligence says arrived in Russia for training this month have sparked concern they will be deployed to bolster Moscow’s battlefront in Ukraine.