US EditionKim Hails North Korean Troops Returning From Russia Mission
- On Dec 12, Kim Jong Un presided over a welcoming ceremony in Pyongyang for the 528th Regiment of Engineers returning from overseas deployment.
- Under a mutual defence treaty signed last year, North Korea expanded military ties with Russia and earlier deployed around 15,000 combat troops to support Russian operations.
- You could work a miracle of turning a vast area of danger zone into a safe and secure one in less than three months, Kim said, awarding the Order of Freedom and Independence and `DPRK Hero` titles to the fallen after a 120-day overseas deployment.
- Video released by Korean Central News Agency showed soldiers disembarking and wounded soldiers welcomed by families and senior military officials at a memorial hall in Pyongyang.
- The differing casualty accounts come as military ties between Pyongyang and Moscow deepen; state reports said nine deceased soldiers, while South Korean, Ukrainian and Western sources report far higher casualties and Russia's Defence Ministry noted mine-clearing operations last month.
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The work of North Korean soldiers supporting Russia near the front of war with Ukraine has since the beginning been shrouded in haze and secrecy. In a rare intervention, the country’s supreme leader, Kim Jong-un, said during a speech delivered on Friday that troops sent to the Russian region of Kursk this year carried out demining tasks, according to the state media this Saturday. Continue reading
North Korean soldiers who fought on the side of Russia during the Ukraine war were welcomed after their return in a large-scale ceremony.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a welcoming ceremony for a military unit returning home after serving in Russia for 120 days, where North Korean troops assisted Russian forces in Kursk and in clearing the area of mines.
Rarely, Pyongyang officially acknowledged on Saturday 13 December the death of nine of its soldiers engaged alongside Russia. According to the KCNA State Agency, they were killed during demining operations in the Russian Kursk region, a theatre of fighting with Ukrainian forces.
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un hails troops returning from Russia
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a welcoming ceremony for an army engineering unit that had returned home after carrying out duties in Russia, the North’s KCNA news agency reported on Saturday.
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