The admission is a sign of the deepening military alliance and mutual defense pact between Pyongyang and Moscow.

The announcement comes after North Korea confirmed for the first time its soldiers are fighting alongside Russia.

The assessment came two days after North Korea confirmed for the first time that it had sent combat troops to help Russia ...

North Korea's involvement in the war has sparked fears of global escalation, with Seoul especially concerned of Pyongyang's ...

Such a move would have huge ramifications for Russia's full-scale invasion, and far-reaching implications for the ...

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reportedly oversaw the test of a supersonic cruise missile fired from a new battleship -- the destroyer Choe Hyon -- this week.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Wednesday leader Kim Jong Un observed the test-firings of missiles from a recently ...

The figures comes after the first official acknowledgment by Pyongyang and Moscow of North Korean troops' involvement in the Ukraine war.

North Korea acknowledged for the first time Monday that it had provided troop reinforcements to aid Russia in its war on ...

After Russia claimed to have retaken the Kursk region from Ukraine, North Korea acknowledged for the first time that it had ...

The North Korean announcement came two days after Russia said its troops have fully reclaimed the Kursk region. Ukrainian ...