Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Friday that Ukraine has assured him that two North Korean soldiers captured while fighting alongside Russia will not be repatriated to Moscow.

More than a year after Ukrainian forces captured two North Korean soldiers in Russia’s Kursk region, the men’s future remains undecided. Under the Third Geneva Convention applicable to the armed ...

North Korea says it completed a housing district in Pyongyang for families of soldiers killed while fighting alongside ...

Foreign Minister Cho Hyun stated regarding the two North Korean soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces in January of last year that “they will not be repatriated (to North Korea or Russia).” During the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. About 11,000 North Korean troops are stationed in Russia's Kursk Oblast as of early 2026 to support Moscow's war in Ukraine, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second right, attends a completion ...

AFP looks at what we know about the role of North Korean troops in the war against Ukraine and the deepening alliance between Russia's President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un.

Yoo Yong-won of conservative PPP said N. Korean POW in Ukraine who have expressed desire to defect to S. Korea included on ...

Korean soldiers killed in Ukraine move into new homes Families of North Korean soldiers killed in the Russia-Ukraine war ...

North Korea said Monday it completed a new housing district in Pyongyang for families of North Korean soldiers killed while fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine, the latest effort by leader ...

A programme of short plays at London’s Arcola Theatre is a compassionate reminder of the individuals caught up in war ...

FILE - In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center left, and his daughter, center right, arrive at the East Pyongyang Grand Theatre in Pyongyang, ...