The country's foreign minister, Choe Son-hui, traveled to Moscow last month on an official visit. Ryder also said he could not corroborate that there are small numbers of North Korean engineers inside Ukraine. "But as you heard Secretary [of Defense Lloyd ...

U.S., South Korean and Ukrainian intelligence assessments say up to 12,000 North Korean combat troops are being sent by Pyongyang to the war under a pact with Moscow. The Pentagon said Monday that at least 10,000 North Korean soldiers were in Russia near ...

Ukrainian officials said North Korean soldiers are already coming under fire in Russia's Kursk region.