Multiple defectors from North Korea spoke to NBC News about the mindset of soldiers sent to fight for Russia in Ukraine.

The report highlights Kim’s concern over foreign media, which provide rare glimpses into the outside world through K-pop ...

Hyunseung Lee, a former soldier who fled North Korea, told BI that those sent to fight against Ukraine have "zero ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who announced the prisoners ... “I also wonder if the North Korean regime and Kim Jong Un’s dictatorship would still be in place.” ...

"If Kim Jong Un even remembers these citizens of his and is capable of organizing an exchange for our warriors being held in Russia, we are ready to transfer such soldiers," Zelenskyy said in a ...

The North Korean soldiers fighting for Moscow on the Kursk front lack familiarity with modern warfare. They are making up for their weaknesses with a fanatical will to fight – to the point of suicide.

Constant propaganda as well as limited access to ammunition — or even toilet paper — were the stark realities of being in North Korea's army, a former soldier told Business Insider. Hyunseung ...

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has offered North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to return captured soldiers from North Korea in exchange for his assistance in returning Ukrainian prisoners of war ...

Neither Kim Jong-Un nor Vladimir Putin have officially confirmed the deployment. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed last week that some 4,000 North Korean soldiers have already been ...