President Yoon was harsh on North Korea. President Lee wants to do things differently.

Published: 18 Jun. 2025, 15:24 Updated: 18 Jun. 2025, 15:29 President Lee Jae Myung observes the North through binoculars in Yeoncheon County, Gyeonggi, on June 13. [YONHAP] [NEWS ANALYSIS]   South Korea’s new President Lee Jae Myung is extending an …

North Korea’s Kim met Russia’s top security official, state media says

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met Russia’s top presidential security adviser Sergei Shoigu in Pyongyang on Tuesday and discussed a “special military operation” in the Kursk region bordering Ukraine, state media KCNA reported on Wednesday. Kim and …

North Korea’s Plan to Send Thousands of Military Workers to Russia Raises Concerns

Photo : YONHAP News Anchor: North Korea will send thousands of its military workers to Russia’s Kursk region to help with rebuilding efforts in the war-hit area, which had been seized by Ukraine for months. The move is yet another sign of the deepening …

North Korea to send thousands of troops to Russia to help rebuild Kursk

North Korea will send thousands of military construction workers and sappers to Russia's Kursk region to help rebuild it after a Ukrainian incursion that North Korean troops helped Moscow repel this year, a senior Russian security official said on …

North Korea to Send Thousands of Workers to Russia’s Kursk Region, Drawing Global Condemnation

North Korea will send thousands of workers and military personnel to Russia’s war-hit Kursk region in what Moscow describes as “fraternal assistance”, according to Russian state media reports. Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu made the …

While North Korea denied Covid-19 cases, the virus was widespread and barely treated, report says

By Will Ripley, CNN (CNN) — For the first time since the global outbreak of Covid-19, researchers claim to have pierced North Korea’s ironclad information blockade to reveal how some ordinary citizens endured the pandemic. While Pyongyang insisted for more …

North Korea Sends Workers to Support Russia in Ongoing Conflict

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea will send thousands of military workers to assist in reconstruction efforts in Russia‘s Kursk region, a top Russian official announced Tuesday. This marks a significant development in the ongoing collaboration between …

North Korea sending another 5,000 into Kursk – Russian claim

North Korea will send “a division of builders, two military brigades – 5,000 people” as well as 1,000 demining personnel to the Kursk region, according to Russian news agencies quoting Vladimir Putin’s security council chief, Sergei Shoigu, who was …

North Korea deploys 6,000 troops to Russia’s Kursk region amid Ukraine conflict

North Korea is set to send 1,000 mine clearing specialists and 5,000 soldiers to Russia’s Kursk region near the Ukrainian border, according to Sergei Shoigu, secretary of Russia’s Security Council. The deployment was announced after Shoigu’s talks with …

South Korea's new president turns off loudspeakers at the border with North Korea