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Images released by state media showed Kim peering through the scope of a sniper rifle on a visit to special forces. Photo: STR/KCNA VIA KNS/AFP

North Korea's Kim fires new sniper rifle while visiting troops

Such units are among the thousands of troops that South Korea's spy agency says Pyongyang has deployed to Russia to support Moscow's war against Ukraine

Russian and North Korean flags fly at the Vostochny Сosmodrome, the venue of the meeting between Russia's President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, September 13, 2023. Photo: Sputnik/Artem Geodakyan/Pool via REUTERS/ File Photo

North Korea says senior official met Russian president Putin: KCNA

Russian and North Korean flags fly at the Vostochny Сosmodrome, the venue of the meeting between Russia's President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, September 13, 2023. Photo: Sputnik/Artem Geodakyan/Pool via REUTERS/ File Photo

North Korea has sent more troops to Russia, says reports citing Seoul's spy agency

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un sits in his vehicle after arriving at a railway station in Dong Dang, Vietnam, at the border with China, February 26, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

North Korea's Kim calls for building modern army to brace for war

Military members salute during a military demonstration involving tank units, guided by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (not pictured), in North Korea, March 13, 2024 in this picture released on March 14, 2024, by the Korean Central News Agency. KCNA via REUTERS/File Photo

North Korea's suicide soldiers pose new challenge for Ukraine in war with Russia

People watch a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing multiple short-range missiles, in Seoul, South Korea, January 14, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

North Korea fires short-range missiles ahead of Trump return

A North Korean soldier looks toward the south as a South Korean soldier stands guard in the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, South Korea, August 28, 2019. Photo :Reuters

Seoul says 300 North Korean soldiers killed fighting Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, January 9, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Heiko Becker

Ukraine captures two North Korean soldiers in Kursk: Zelenskiy

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un attend an official welcoming ceremony at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea June 19, 2024. Photo: Sputnik/Vladimir Smirnov/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

US warns North Korea becoming better prepared for war, fighting against Ukraine

A missile flies during what state media KCNA says is a test of a new intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile at an undisclosed location January 6, 2025, in this photo released on January 7, 2025 by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS

North Korea successfully tests new intermediate-range missile: state media

South Korea's Acting President Choi Sang-mok, right, and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, attend a meeting in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. Photo: Lee Jin-man/Pool via REUTERS

North Korea fires ballistic missile as Blinken visits Seoul

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Ministry of National Defense on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang, North Korea in this picture released on February 9, 2024 by the Korean Central News Agency. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS/File Photo

North Korea launches 'toughest' US strategy in key party meeting

South Korea's military believes that North Korea is seeking to modernise its conventional warfare capabilities through combat experience gained in the Russia-Ukraine war. Photo: AFP

N Korean soldier captured in Russia-Ukraine war dies: Seoul