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First Engagement: North Korean Troops Clash with Ukrainian Forces in Kursk Region
North Korean forces have engaged in their first battle with the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region. This information was shared by Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council, via Telegram. He noted that North Korean military personnel have already come under fire but did not provide additional specifics.
Zelensky says Russia to deploy N Korea troops in combat as early as Sunday
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday said Russia could send North Korean troops into battle as early as Sunday and urged international pressure on the Kremlin and Pyongyang.
The situation in Korea is tense: Pyongyang blew up roads on the border – Seoul responded with fire
The North Korean military today used explosives to destroy sections of roads once used for cross-border exchanges with South Korea, Seoul said in a new episode of rising tensions between the two nations.
Pyongyang Severs Inter-Korean Routes as Relations Deteriorate Furthe
North Korea has destroyed sections of roads connecting it to South Korea in an apparent attempt to sever key links between the two countries, South Korea's military reported, as per Yonhap News Agency.
Kim Jong-un: Says he will speed up processes to make North Korea a nuclear superpower
The North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has signaled that he will speed up procedures to make his country a military superpower with nuclear weapons, the use of which he would not rule out if attacked, state news agency KCNA reported today.
Seoul warns North of 'regime end' if it uses nukes
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would face the end of his regime if he ever used his isolated country's nuclear weapons against the South, Seoul's president said on Tuesday.
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Seoul says will resume loudspeaker propaganda against North
South Korea announced Sunday that it would resume loudspeaker propaganda campaigns against the North, after Pyongyang sent a fresh barrage of trash-filled balloons across the border.
"We will install loudspeakers against North Korea today and carry out the broadcast," the president's office said in a statement.
North Korea fires artillery shells near South Korean islands
North Korea fired more than 200 artillery shells near two South Korean islands on Friday, Seoul's defence ministry said, warning the actions threatened peace and it would respond.
Residents on the two islands were ordered to evacuate, in one of the most serious military escalations between the two Koreas since the North fired a barrage of shells at one of the islands in 2010.
North Korean soldier shot as he makes rare defection across one of world’s most heavily guarded borders!
A soldier from North Korea managed to make a rare successful escape across the heavily fortified border with South Korea, on the same day a US national was detained as he attempted to enter the North.
North Korean Soldier, Shot and Wounded, 'Defects to South'
A North Korean soldier defected to the South on Monday after being shot and wounded by the North Korean military, the South Korean military said.
The soldier, who defected via the border village of Panmunjom, was being treated in hospital, the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.