SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with the families of soldiers killed fighting for Russia against Ukraine and offered condolences for their “unbearable pain,” state media said Saturday. Pyongyang has not confirmed the number of its soldiers that died fighting for Russia, though Seoul estimates around 600, with thousands more wounded. South Korean and Western intelligence agencies have said the North sent more than 10,000 soldiers to Russia in 2024 — primarily to the Kursk region — along with artillery shells, missiles and long-range rocket systems.

Kim Jong Un expresses ‘grief’ for failing to save ‘the precious lives’ of his troops killed fighting against Ukraine.

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with the families of soldiers killed fighting for Russia against Ukraine and offered condolences for their “unbearable pain,” state…

North Korea’s supreme leader pledged to build a monument in the capital to honour those killed fighting for Russia against Ukraine.

The North Korean leader expressed his condolences, apologizing for the soldiers’ lives not having been saved

North Korea sent more than 10,000 soldiers to support Russia in the war

ROMA, 30 AGO - Il leader nordcoreano Kim Jong Un ha incontrato le famiglie dei soldati caduti combattendo per la Russia contro l'Ucraina e ha espresso le sue condoglianze per il…

Kim Jong Un met the families of North Korean soldiers killed fighting for Russia against Ukraine.

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un met families of soldiers who died fighting for Russia in its war against Ukraine on Friday, August 29. After months of silence, Kim and Russian…