The North Korean authorities are reportedly handing out "war certificates" to families of soldiers killed in action on the front line of Russia's war against Ukraine. Newsweek reached out to the Russian Foreign Ministry and the North Korean Embassy in China with written requests for comment.
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The North Korean losses amount to almost 10 percent of the country’s deployment to Russia, the Biden administration said.
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North Korean President Kim Jong Un on Monday declared a "new high" in relations between North Korea and Russia and hoped for a Russian victory over Ukraine in 2025.
Keith Kellogg, a retired lieutenant general and national security adviser to former President Donald Trump, presented a plan he co-authored with the former CIA analyst Fred Fleitz that proposed halting the delivery of U.