For the first time since the global outbreak of Covid-19, researchers claim to have pierced North Korea’s ironclad information blockade to reveal how some ordinary citizens endured the pandemic.

North Korea suffered more than 6,000 casualties in Ukraine, UK intelligence says - North Korea’s total casualties amount to more than half of the approximately 11,000 DPRK troops initially deployed to Kursk,

Sergei Shoigu said he was carrying out "special instructions" from President Vladimir Putin. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

"South Korean military has increased surveillance ... Moscow in Russia's western Kursk region. North Korea may dispatch more troops to Russia despite casualties, South Korea’s National ...

North Korea is believed to have suffered over 6,000 military casualties,either killed or injured,while stationed to fight Ukrainian forces in Kursk.

(Reuters) -Sergei Shoigu, a senior Russian security official, held talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for the second time in two weeks on Tuesday and said he was carrying out "special instructions" from President Vladimir Putin.