North Korean troops have not been seen on the frontlines in Russia’s Kursk region for several weeks, a Ukrainian military official said Friday, amid reports of mass casualties among Pyongyang’s forces.

Ukraine previously said it had captured or killed several North Korean soldiers deployed to the Kursk region. Zelensky has published footage of interrogations with what he said were North Korean priso

Two North Koreans have been indicted in a plot to fool US companies into hiring them for remote worker positions so they could send money back to Pyongyang.

North Koreans are privately questioning why Ukraine has suddenly become their enemy, sources told Radio Free Asia.

Below Senior Fellow Can Kasapoğlu offers a military situation report about the war in Ukraine. Executive Summary

Ukrainian special operations forces have given an insight into the brutal, near-suicidal tactics of the North Koreans they have faced in intense fighting in the Russian border region of Kursk.

North Korea is preparing to send Russia more than 100 artillery systems – originally designed to flatten Seoul – to be used in its war against Ukraine.

Trump’s acknowledgment of North Korea as a “nuclear power” risks granting legitimacy to Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal. For decades North Korea has sought international recognition as a legitimate nuclear state despite facing and sanctions diplomatic isolation aimed at curbing its nuclear ambitions.

The new premier of North Korea has been sworn in during a two-day parliamentary meeting in Pyongyang. State media on Friday broadcast footage of Pak Thae Song addressing parliament during the key session.

Ukraine believes North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russia's army on the Kursk front line have been "withdrawn" after suffering heavy losses, a military spokesman told AFP on Friday.

Although Hungary's supply of Russian gas comes via the TurkStream pipeline through Turkey, not via Ukraine, Orban maintains that the Ukraine route is important to Hungary. Orban told state radio on Friday that Ukraine's move to halt Russian gas transit to Central Europe and the resulting rise in energy prices was "unacceptable".