SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un lauded his country’s “heroic” troops who fought for Russia in the war against Ukraine, in a ceremony where he decorated returning soldiers and consoled children of the bereaved with hugs, state media said on Friday. Kim said in a speech quoted by KCNA: “The combat activities of overseas operational forces...

Kim Jong Un 'conveyed warm encouragement' to the officers and the soldiers serving in Russia's Kursk region.

Soldiers who had returned from Russia were honoured with a concert and relatives of troops killed in action were among those to attend a banquet