The North’s leader, Kim Jong-un, publicly consoled bereaved families, as well as awarding medals to soldiers returning from the force he has sent to aid Russia. By Choe Sang-Hun Reporting from Seoul ...

Kim Jong-un hugged the returning troops and awarded the country’s highest medal to nine soldiers killed in action.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hailed his country’s fallen soldiers in Russia’s war against Ukraine as “heroes” at an emotional award ceremony, state media said Friday, in a rare public admission of ...

North Korea has broken ground on a new memorial in Pyongyang dedicated to its soldiers killed fighting alongside Russian troops to push Ukrainian forces out of Kursk, state media reported. The ...