North Korean soldiers believed they were sent to Russia for training, not war: South Korean intelligence agency​

Over 3,000 North Korean troops in Ukraine, with 300 deaths and 2,700 injuries, some resorting to suicide to avoid capture.

South Korea's intelligence service on Sunday backed up Ukraine's account of having captured two wounded North Korean soldiers in Russia, after Kyiv said they were being questioned.Seoul's National Intelligence Service (NIS) told AFP it has "confirmed that the Ukrainian military captured two North Korean soldiers on January 9 in the Kursk battlefield in Russia".

And while initially inexperienced on the battlefield, North Korean troops have adapted quickly — a development that could have far-reaching consequences as they gain combat knowledge in the war against Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine's forces have captured two North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russian troops in Russia’s Kursk border region

North Korean soldiers fighting in Russia's war against Ukraine have been told by Pyongyang to kill themselves rather than be captured alive, a South Korean lawmaker said Monday after a briefing from the country's spy agency.

The diary of a North Korean soldier has been recovered after he was killed while fighting Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region of Russia.