North Korean troops fighting for Russia could affect East Asia's strategic balance, Sang Hun Seok told Newsweek.

But the deployment of soldiers – apparently to assist the 50,000 Russian troops currently poised to retake Kursk from exhausted Ukrainian military units – is a serious escalation. While opinions are mixed as to the efficacy of North Korea’s fighting ...

The upper house of Russian parliament has ratified a treaty with North Korea envisioning mutual military assistance.

North Korean troops have officially engaged in combat alongside Russian forces in Ukraine's Kursk region, marking a significant development.

U.S. State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel says on November 12 that the majority of some 10,000 North Korean troops sent to support Russia’s war against Ukraine are now “engaging in combat operations” in Russia’s western Kursk region.