Tag: deployment
North Korea marks Russia treaty anniversary with lectures glorifying troops killed...
North Korea held week-long ideological lectures for officials in June 2026 to mark the second anniversary of its comprehensive strategic partnership treaty with Russia,...
North Korean art students ordered to glorify troops sent to Russia
North Korea's leading art universities ordered graduating students in early June 2026 to create works glorifying the heroism and sacrifice of troops deployed to...
North Korean soldiers in Ukraine face forced return — a civilian...
The sky over Kyiv hung heavy and gray during the days I spent in Ukraine's capital. Standing before the outer wall of a prisoner...
North Korea uses Russia’s Victory Day to push war readiness doctrine
North Korea used its military's participation in Russia's Victory Day parade to conduct ideological indoctrination sessions targeting security officials, in what reflects Pyongyang's effort...
North Korea discharges soldiers early to send them to Russia as...
North Korea has been discharging soldiers early from active military service and sending them to Russia as overseas laborers, Daily NK has learned. Families...
North Korean parents pursue fake divorces to keep sons out of...
As enlistment season approaches for North Korean high school graduates in early 2025, parents in South Hamgyong province are pursuing sham divorces to exempt...
North Korean POWs in Ukraine beg for South Korea’s help—will Seoul...
The release of interviews with North Korean soldiers captured as prisoners of war on the Ukrainian battlefield is causing shockwaves.
I found the testimonies of...
N. Korean memorial for Ukraine war dead sparks rare public anger...
A gloomy mood has come over some North Koreans after the authorities held a memorial for North Korean soldiers who have died fighting in...
Pyongyang intensifies monitoring with written pledges for informants
North Korea is actively considering a plan to increase security personnel monitoring its overseas workers by up to four times current levels, particularly those...
N. Korea plans Victory Day burial for soldiers killed in Russia
Following the publication of photographs showing a tearful Kim Jong Un clutching coffins containing the remains of North Korean soldiers who died in Russia,...
