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“A look at the latest Seoul-Kyiv rift surrounding the transfer of the soldiers, who were among thousands of North Korean troops sent to support Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine.”

“Ukraine wants to heal 'misunderstanding' with South Korea Ukraine is working to heal a spat with South Korea over Kyiv's publicly announced transfer of two North Korean servicemen taken prisoner in the war against Russia.”

“The POWs were captured by Ukrainian forces early last year after being deployed alongside thousands of North Korean troops to support Russia's war against Ukraine.”

“North Korea, which has reestablished increasingly close ties with Russia in recent years, has offered little response to Trump's comments.”

“South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Friday that US President Donald Trump clearly wants dialogue with Pyongyang and confirmed Seoul will not be deploying troops to intervene militarily in the US-Israeli war on Iran.”

“South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Friday that United States President Donald Trump wants dialogue with Pyongyang and confirmed Seoul will not be deploying troops to intervene militarily in the Iran war.”

“"Trump's recent social media posts about Kim Jong Un suggest a willingness to reengage, but North Korea is busy profiting from Russia's war against Ukraine while modernizing its own military,"”

“Foremost among those threats is North Korea, which in recent years has advanced its missile and nuclear capabilities and developed a close security relationship with Russia.”

“Those are no longer theoretical concerns for the alliance: North Korean troops have fought alongside Russian forces and brought battlefield experience back to the peninsula.”

“China, just like Iran, Russia and North Korea, is considered a "hard target" for intelligence gathering.”

“As the Russian intellectual Georgy Arbatov warned US diplomats as tensions abated between Moscow and Washington: "We are going to do a terrible thing to you.”

“Since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, North Korea has become a key ally of the Kremlin, sending troops to support Moscow’s war effort in return for economic benefits and military technology.”

“North Korea has sent an estimated 14,000 to 15,000 troops to support Russia’s war in Ukraine since 2024, according to Ukrainian and South Korean estimates.”

“We also need to stop viewing China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea as four entirely separate threats.”

“Earlier in the war, North Korea supplied Russia with millions of artillery shells, and it has since provided ballistic missiles that Moscow regularly uses to attack Ukrainian cities.”

“…nistration is openly defying Congress, taking $52 million in military assistance lawmakers appropriated for European and Middle Eastern countries hurt by Russia’s war on Ukraine and diverting it to right-wing governments in Panama, Peru, Ecuador, and…”

“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy added that he has new data indicating that North Korea is preparing to send 10,000 of its soldiers to Russia, in addition to the 8,000 who have already been deployed there.”

“Russia is recruiting frontline troops for its war against Ukraine any way it can, and has duped at least 18 US men into fighting.”

“Moscow and Pyongyang have drawn markedly closer in recent years, with North Korea sending troops to fight alongside Russian forces in Ukraine in 2024 and deepening military cooperation under a mutual defence pact.”

““His comrade, the leader of North Korea, sent his troops to Russia to support the weak points of the Russian army.”

“The deployment of North Korean troops to Russia and the broader expansion of military cooperation between the two countries have created an environment in which Pyongyang can directly study the changing nature of modern warfare.”

“Lee argued that demanding complete denuclearisation under current circumstances would achieve little, as North Korea has continued to expand its nuclear capabilities while strengthening ties with Russia and China.”

“That war has been sustained by Chinese money, advisers, and infrastructure, North Korean troops, and Iranian drones.”

“The development underscores how the deepening military ties between Russia and North Korea are expanding beyond weapons and troops into labour and industrial production.”

“The report states that moving the troops back would make their positions easier to defend and "reduce the risk of a catastrophic war with China."”

“North Korea remains the only third party to involve its ground troops directly in the Russia-Ukraine war, sending thousands of soldiers who were largely deployed to help Putin push back a Ukrainian counter-offensive in Russia’s Kursk region.”

“On Tuesday, North Korea and Russia opened their first road bridge across the Tumen River, with customs posts and warehousing facilities under construction on both sides of the waterway.”

“…is; Eritrea, a totalitarian dictatorship nicknamed Africa’s North Korea; Ethiopia, an autocratic country engulfed in ethnic civil strife; and Somalia, a fragile state that is victimized by terrorism and piracy, and has relied on foreign troops for twenty…”

“The first-ever visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to one of the disputed Kuril islands off the far northern tip of Japan last week triggered a swift and angry response from Tokyo.”