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It’s a rare acknowledgement by Pyongyang of the deadly tasks assigned to its soldiers deployed in the war in Ukraine.
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South Korea conducts artillery drills near maritime border as North ignores proposal for talks
South Korea’s military conducted live-fire artillery drills near the Northern Limit Line (NLL) on Tuesday, as North Korea continues to ignore Seoul’s proposal for inter-Korean military talks nearly a month after it was issued.
Kim has been presiding over a key party meeting this week as the country prepares for the Ninth Congress of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea.
Kim Jong-un hugged the returning troops and awarded the country’s highest medal to nine soldiers killed in action.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said regular joint military drills with the US could be reviewed in order to facilitate dialogue with North Korea, in his latest olive branch to Pyongyang as he seeks to reduce tensions with the nuclear-armed neighbor.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a welcoming ceremony for an army engineering unit that had returned home after carrying out duties in Russia, the North's KCNA news agency reported on Saturday.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held a huge military parade and ceremony to welcome back the soldiers who fought in Russia against Ukraine. Kim Jong Un hugged soldiers and placed a white flower in front of portraits of soldiers who had died.
Looking ahead to 2026, Jeong said it would be difficult to expect major breakthroughs such as a U.S.-North Korea summit. He said Washington's stated goal of denuclearization and North Korea's negotiating conditions make a sudden turn toward dialogue unlikely, while the United States may continue relying on sanctions to pressure Pyongyang.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un praised his country's achievements in 2025, which included sending troops to overseas military operations, state media KCNA said on Friday.
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North's Kim makes rare acknowledgement of country's military casualties in Kursk region
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said Friday that while there had been “the heartrending loss of nine lives,” he was grateful that all commanders and soldiers of an engineering regiment deployed to Russia’s Kursk region had returned safely.