North Korean defector issues warning to Putin

North Korea May End Up Sending Putin 100,000 Troops for His War
North Korea may deploy as many as 100,000 troops to aid Russia’s war on Ukraine if the alliance between Pyongyang and Moscow continues to deepen, according to people familiar with assessments made by some Group of 20 nations.
North Korean State Media Issues Japan Warning: 'Impossible To Sit Idly By'
"This is another example of Japan's renewed fervor and war fever heating up to the extreme," Pyongyang's KCNA news agency said on Sunday.
North Korea has just moved the world a step closer to global war
It was revealed last month that 12,000 North Korean troops had been sent to Ukraine to fight on behalf of Russia. Now, they are reported to have been deployed to Kursk as part of the Russian counter-offensive,
North Korea and Russia's flourishing friendship
Our correspondent visits Fangchuan, where the borders of China, North Korea and Russia meet. She reflects on growing ties between Moscow and Pyongyang, and where it leaves China. Show more Kate Adie presents stories from China,
North Korean defector issues warning to Putin about military plans
North Korean defector Hyun-Seung Lee has claimed that entire battalions of soldiers that were sent to aid Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine are likely to desert as they get closer to the front line
North Korea Delivers Koksan Guns to Russia’s Frontlines, Arming Its Own Soldiers
After supplying troops, North Korea is now sending weapons to aid Vladimir Putin's war effort in Ukraine. Photographs of M1989 Koksan self-propelled artillery being transported by train have surfaced on Russian Telegram channels and were later analyzed and geolocated by Western OSINT experts.
North Korean troops in Ukraine ‘grave escalation’, Scholz tells Putin
In the first phone call between the leaders in nearly two years, Scholz called on Putin to end the war and pull Russian troops out of Ukraine. The Kremlin described the conversation as "a detailed and frank exchange of opinions on the situation in Ukraine”,
Xi Says China Will Protect Its Interests in Korean Peninsula
President Xi Jinping said China would prevent a conflict on the Korean Peninsula, a measured response to global leaders who ...
NATO and the EU press China to help stop North Korea's support for the war on Ukraine
BRUSSELS -- NATO and the European Union are ramping up efforts to persuade China to help get North Korea to stop sending ...
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China Should Be Worried About North Korea
That proximity has irked China, North Korea’s main backer. Chinese officials fear that Russia’s influence over the insular ...
South Korea's Yoon tells China's Xi cooperation needed on Russia, North Korea
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol told Chinese President Xi Jinping that their two countries should cooperate for peace in ...
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Second Trump administration may recognize North Korea as nuclear state, Japanese expert predicts
Donald Trump in his second term as president is likely to accept North Korea as a nuclear weapons state and ask for more ...
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(LEAD) U.S. to deter nuclear threats from N. Korea, China, Russia 'simultaneously': Pentagon report
An updated U.S. nuclear employment strategy calls for the United States to be able to deter threats from North Korea, China ...
S. Korea, China Leaders Hold Rare Meeting, Pledge Cooperation
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday called for greater cooperation with Beijing on "regional peace and stability," having met with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in person for the first ...
Biden praises cooperation at meeting with South Korean, Japanese leaders amid North Korea worries
President Joe Biden 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.” ...