North Korea

South Korea fires warning shots as about 10 North Korean soldiers cross border

By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press

South Korea says its military has fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed the border.

North Korea fires ballistic missiles into sea after the U.S. and South Korea began military drills

By Kim Tong-Hyung, Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile firings, North Korea’s fifth missile launch event this year, were detected from the North’s southwestern Hwanghae province. It called the weapons close-range but didn't say how far they flew.

North Korean soldiers captured in Ukraine haven’t shown desire to defect, Seoul’s spy agency says

By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press

South Korea’s spy agency has told lawmakers that two North Korean soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces while fighting alongside Russian forces in Russia’s Kursk border region haven’t expressed a desire to seek asylum in South Korea.

North Korea says it tested hypersonic intermediate range missile designed to strike remote Pacific targets

By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press

North Korea says its latest weapons test was a new hypersonic intermediate-range missile designed to strike targets in the Pacific.

North Korean troops suffering heavy battlefield losses in Russia, Ukrainian intelligence says

By Samya Kullab, Associated Press

Ukraine’s military intelligence said Ukrainian strikes near Novoivanovka in Russia's Kursk region inflicted heavy casualties on North Korean units. It said North Korean troops also faced supply issues and shortages of drinking water.

Ukraine claims North Korean troops were killed fighting alongside Russian forces

By Samya Kullab, Associated Press

This is the first reported casualties since the Pentagon and Ukraine announced North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to help it in the almost 3-year war.

Ahead of Trump’s return, Biden approves national security memo on China, Iran, North Korea and Russia

By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

The memorandum was approved before Donald Trump takes office in January and it was shaped to help his team build its approach in dealing with the relationships involving America's most prominent adversaries and competitors.

South Korea claims Russia supplied air defense missiles to North Korea in exchange for sending troops to Ukraine

By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press

The U.S., South Korea and others say North Korea has sent more than 10,000 troops to Russia to support its war against Ukraine.

WATCH: Biden meets with South Korean and Japanese leaders to discuss concerns about North Korea

By Aamer Madhani, Rebecca Santana, Associated Press

President Joe Biden on Friday praised the cooperation between South Korea, Japan and the U.S. at countering what he described as North Korea's “dangerous and destabilizing cooperation with Russia.”…

Ukrainian troops engaged with North Korean units for first time in Russia, official says

By Illia Novikov, Associated Press

Ukraine's defense minister says Ukrainian troops have engaged for the first time with North Korean units that were recently deployed to help Russia in the war with its neighbor.