A North Korea military officer in Hamhung was discharged over a wife's Chinese relative, prompting suspicion of a rivalry within the ranks.

What does "critical but more limited support" mean in practice on the Korean Peninsula, and which capabilities are so critical that limiting them could weaken deterrence rather than strengthen allied responsibility?

Putin Wants 30,000 More North Korea People’s Army Soldiers Sent to Fight in Ukraine - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that his intelligence services are telling him Moscow wants to bring 30,000 additional Korean People’s Army (KPA ...

According to Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, North Korea is preparing to send as many as 50,000 fresh troops to support Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine. While the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been unable to verify Zelensky’s claim, it has not fallen on deaf ears in Seoul.

The North Korean leader called for restructuring the army’s training system and reinforcing front-line units along the southern border, as Pyongyang deepens its push to redefine the security landscape of the Korean Peninsula. Kim Jong Un, the autocratic ...

May 4 (UPI) --On the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield, the moment a North Korean soldier finds himself surrounded, his hand does not reach for his rifle --it reaches for a grenade pin. The world's media calls this fanaticism. I see it differently. I was ...

According to President Zelenskyy, Russia is trying to bring in more North Korean troops into Ukraine, as Russia seeks to expand its gains in the Donbas. Pyongyang reportedly sent around 20,000 troops to Russia’s Kursk region to help expel Ukrainian ...

This photo, provided by North Korean state media, shows the Choe Hyon destroyer on the occasion of the ship’s commissioning, June 23, 2026. These two events underscore indications that North Korea is engaging in a concerted effort to build up its navy.