Western officials have told the BBC that North Korean troops have already suffered nearly 40% casualties in the fighting in Russia’s western Kursk region, in just three months. The officials, who spoke on grounds of anonymity, said that out of the estimated 11,000 troops sent from North Korea, known as DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is willing to hand over two captured soldiers from North Korea back to their home country in exchange for Ukrainian prisoners of war in Russia. “For those North Korean soldiers who do not wish to return, there may be other options available,” Zelensky said on social media, adding “those…
North Korea has fired what appears to be an intermediate-range ballistic missile towards the sea to its east, South Korea’s military said, in what is Pyongyang’s first missile launch in two months. The missile flew 1,100km before falling into the sea, the military said, adding that it “strongly condemns” this “clear act of provocation”. The…
Getty Images At least 100 North Korean soldiers have been killed in fighting in the Ukraine war since entering combat on the Russian side earlier this month, a South Korean MP has said. Lee Sung-kwon, speaking to reporters after parliament was briefed by the country’s National Intelligence Service, said another 1,000 had been injured. He…
A polio vaccination campaign in north Gaza is expected to resume on Sunday, a day after the UN’s children’s agency, Unicef, said three children were injured in an attack “in the proximity” of a clinic. The agency did not say who was responsible but an official from Gaza’s civil defence agency told AFP news agency…
US Election 2024 live: US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris waves as she arrives to speak during a “When We Vote We Win” rally at the Wisconsin State Fair Park Exposition Center in West Allis, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. US Election 2024 live: Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are tiptoeing each other to hold…
Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump head to North Carolina on Saturday to try to clinch support in the southeastern battleground state just three days before Tuesday’s U.S. presidential election. It will be the fourth day in a row that Vice President Harris and former President Trump visit the same state on the same…
The daughter of a North Carolina woman who went missing during Hurricane Helene has been working day and night to find her mom, with many praising her determination and resolute effort. Kim Ashby remains missing after the storm swept the family home into a river. Her husband, Rod, survived. Daughter’s resolute effort to find North…
By Hyunsu Yim and Josh Smith North Korea says record test was new Hwasong-19 intercontinental ballistic missile SEOUL -North Korea flexed its military muscle with the test of a huge new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile dubbed Hwasong-19, state media said on Friday, amid international uproar over its troops deployed to aid Russia in Ukraine. The…
* Dozens of North Kor TJWG report details enforced disappearances of North Koreans * 80% of disappearances occurred inside North Korea, rest in China or Russia * UN estimates up to 200,000 people held in MSS-run gulags By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL, – More than 100 North Koreans have gone missing after being caught by secret…
