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Russia pays North Korean soldiers about $2,000 a month: South’s spy agency

Russia pays North Korean soldiers about $2,000 a month: South’s spy agency

The agency also detected signs of large-scale recruitment of Korean interpreters within the Russian army.

Seoul could send weapons to Ukraine to counter North Korea's troop deployments

Seoul could send weapons to Ukraine to counter North Korea's troop deployments

South Korea vowed 'phased measures' to counter Russian-North Korean military cooperation.

North Korea warned its overseas companies to check for fake dollar bills

North Korea warned its overseas companies to check for fake dollar bills

The reclusive state said it found 2 counterfeits among money sent to Pyongyang.

Stranded worker, closed embassy offer clues to lives of North Koreans overseas

Stranded worker, closed embassy offer clues to lives of North Koreans overseas

One man left in Dakar by Kim Jong Un’s regime struggles on the edges of African society.

Putin doesn’t deny reports about North Korean involvement in Ukraine war

Ukraine intelligence said the first North Korean soldiers had been deployed to the front line in Kursk Oblast.

South Korea summons Russian envoy to urge it to stop North Korean Ukraine involvement

South Korea summons Russian envoy to urge it to stop North Korean Ukraine involvement

The comments come after Seoul demanded the immediate withdrawal of North Korean troops from Russia

North Korean workers make soccer shoes as a North Korean manager supervises inside a temporary factory on the edge of Dandong, China, Oct. 24, 2012.

500 North Korean workers return from China with serious illnesses

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After 6 years in poor working conditions, many developed lung and liver cancers, tuberculosis

Screenshot of a video posted on the Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Directorate’s Telegram channel for the surrender hotline “I Want to Live” project.

Ukraine urges North Korean soldiers to surrender, offers food, shelter

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The offer came the same day that the US and NATO confirmed evidence North Korean troops were in Russia.

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North Korea sending troops to aid Russia in Ukraine war: South’s spy agency

North Korea sending troops to aid Russia in Ukraine war: South’s spy agency

The National Intelligence Service said the North could send around 12,000 soldiers in total.

South Korea’s First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hong-kyun (C) attends a meeting with United States Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell and Japan’s Vice Foreign Minister Masataka Okano at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Oct. 16, 2024.

US, allies to monitor North Korea sanction violations with new body

The decision follows the dissolution of a UN monitoring group 6 months ago due to a veto from Russia.

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Economic Club of Chicago, Oct. 15, 2024.

Trump suggests $10 billion price tag for US troops in South Korea

Soldiers participate in a military parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in Pyongyang, North Korea, July 27, 2023.

Russia forming North Korean battalion amid soldier shortage: report

Smoke rises after North Korea blows up sections of inter-Korean roads on its side of the border between the two Koreas, according to South Korea's military, as seen from the South Korean side, Oct. 15, 2024, in this screen grab from a handout video.

North Korea blows up northern side of inter-Korean roads: Seoul

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