One defector said soldiers were given just three bullets each during the rare shooting drills. Read more at straitstimes.com.

North Korean conscripted soldiers endure brutal conditions, grappling with severe shortages of essentials — from bullets for ...

But Lee Chul Eun is one of them. Lee, 38, a North Korean defector and former soldier now living in South Korea, said it is “devastating” to see troops from the reclusive, communist-ruled North ...

The soldiers of the Korean People’s Army captured from the front lines of the war in Ukraine are, thus far, unwilling to defect from North Korea. South Korea‘s National Intelligence Service ...

Russia’s ambassador to North Korea said that its Asian ally is also hosting Russian children orphaned by its war against ...

North Korean soldiers are reportedly nowhere to be seen ... which added that they'd be allowed to defect to the South.

Constant propaganda as well as limited access to ammunition — or even toilet paper — were the stark realities of being in North Korea's army, a former soldier told Business Insider.

Defectors in Seoul share sentiments about North Korean soldiers in Russia. SEOUL -- Over 12,000 North Korean troops are estimated to be fighting against Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk region ...

The 10,000 North Koreans sent to this Russian region to fight alongside the Russians withdrew from the area in mid-January ...

Of those dispatched to the region, an estimated 300 North Korean soldiers in Russia have died and over 2,700 have been wounded, according to South Korea’s National Intelligence Service’s closed ...

South Korea’s spy agency informed lawmakers on Monday that two North Korean soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces while fighting alongside Russia in its border region of Kursk have not expressed any ...

A FORMER North Korean soldier said the troops in Russia will ... they hear] are all fake', and 'it's not true' if someone defects, or 'if you're arrested, you'll be tortured'." ...