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Russian soldiers at an artillery position in the Kursk region, in Russia, in December.

Fighting alongside Russia, North Koreans wage their own war

The difficulties have ranged from finding uniforms small enough to fit North Korean soldiers, to hiccups that have led to direct clashes with Russian forces.

  • Marc Santora and Helene Cooper

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, centre, meets soldiers who took part in a training in North Korea

‘Ready to sacrifice’: Evidence of North Korean soldiers detonating before capture

North Korea’s suicide soldiers fighting Russia’s war on Ukraine pose a new challenge for Zelensky.

  • Ju-min Park and John Geddie
Year 12 students Kim Jhanggui (right), 17, and Jo Kyeongfa (left), 18, say the school’s education has helped them connect with their Korean identity.

‘In here you only learn about the good things’: Inside a North Korean school

At Aichi Korean Middle and High School, teachers and students are fighting to preserve their identity, while the outside world is suspicious of their ties to a hostile dictatorship.

  • Lisa Visentin, Stella Perry and Christopher Jue
A Russian serviceman operates at an undisclosed location in Ukraine. The US and Ukraine report North Koreans are being sent to the frontlines for Russia without protection.

‘Expendable’ North Korean troops suffer mass casualties fighting for Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says some North Koreans are being killed by their own men to avoid capture.

  • Gabriella Borter
The US Justice Department has announced indictments against 14 North Korean nationals who allegedly posed as remote IT workers to infiltrate US-based companies.

North Korean IT workers ‘have infiltrated Australian businesses’, experts warn

Remote tech workers are using fake identities to work for Australian companies and wire money back to North Korea, human resources executives are being warned.

  • David Swan
Defectors prepare to release balloons carrying leaflets and a banner denouncing Kim Jong-un in 2016. Such continued campaigns have enraged the Kim regime.

A North Korean voice Kim Jong-un would love to silence

Kim Seongmin was on his way to Pyongyang for certain execution when he jumped out of the window. What he did next has infuriated the North Korean leader.

  • Choe Sang-Hun
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South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol speaks during the declaration of emergency martial law at the Presidential Office in Seoul.

South Korea’s opposition parties submit motion to impeach President Yoon over sudden martial law

The opposition Democratic Party has called on President Yoon Suk Yeol to quit after his short-lived imposition of martial law.

  • Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung
North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un (centre), posing with troops during an inspection at a training base of the Korean People’s Army’s special operations forces in the western region, at an undisclosed location in North Korea.

50,000 Russian and North Korean troops mass ahead of attack: US intel

Russia is losing an estimated 1200 soldiers a day. Enter the “alternative pipeline”: North Koreans in Russian uniform.

  • Julian E. Barnes, Eric Schmitt and Michael Schwirtz
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un raises a toast with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

North Korea has joined Putin’s war effort. A timid West must respond

So far, it’s been a strategic shoulder shrug from the US and NATO, but an “avoid World War III” strategy could make authoritarian aggression more likely.

  • Mick Ryan
Zelensky says North Korean troops are being prepared to fight with Russia in Ukraine.

Zelensky warns 10,000 North Korean troops preparing to fight with Russia

The Kyiv Post and Interfax-Ukraine this week quoted intelligence sources saying six North Korean officers were killed on the Russian frontline in Ukraine on October 3.

  • Rob Harris

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/democratic-peoples-republic-of-korea-91j