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A photo released by Ukrainian officials purporting to show a North Korean soldier captured by Ukraine.

North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia earn millions for the Kim regime

Captured soldiers have lifted the curtain ever so slightly on the secretive Kim regime’s decision to join Russia’s war against Ukraine.

  • Lisa Visentin

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A drawing showing stick men figures shooting a drone, on one page of the North Korean soldier’s diary.

North Korean diary reveals use of horrific tactic in Ukraine war

The diary of the dead soldier described the reckless tactic, along with expressions of love for Kim Jong-un and a “longing” to return to his homeland.

  • James Kilner
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
Footage of Russian and North Korean troops under fire.

North Korean troops are now on ‘front lines’ of Russia’s war ‘in combat’ against Ukraine

These are the first reported casualties since the US and Ukraine announced that North Korea had sent troops to Russia to help it in the almost three-year war.

  • Samya Kullab and Tara Copp
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declares martial law.

South Korean martial law call turns domestic politics into international crisis

The extraordinary events have shaken the democratic foundations of the nation of 51 million people.

  • Lisa Visentin
South Korea president declares martial law

South Korea martial law as it happened: President lifts declaration as chaos erupts in Seoul

President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on Tuesday night in a move that stunned South Koreans and triggered a short-lived attempt by troops to enter parliament.

  • Riley Walter
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and North Korean Foreign Ministert Choe Son Hui at Yaroslavsky railway terminal in Moscow, Russia.

North Korea will back Russia until victory in Ukraine, foreign minister says

The meeting between Choe Son Hui and her Russian counterpart in Moscow comes amid reports North Korea has sent 10,000 troops to Russia.

  • Dmitry Antonov
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Ukraine allowed to use US weapons if North Korea joins Russia’s fight, says Pentagon

NATO has confirmed North Korean troops are in Russia’s Kursk region, fanning Western concerns the conflict in Ukraine could widen.

  • Phil Stewart and Andrew Gray
Australian ambassador to the US and former prime minister Kevin Rudd.

Rudd urges Beijing to press North Korea to ‘cease and desist’ over Ukraine

North Korean forces entering Russia’s war with Ukraine could have implications for areas outside Europe, warns former PM Kevin Rudd.

  • Rob Harris
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

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