North Korea's suicide soldiers pose new challenge for Ukraine in …
Jan 14, 2025 · "Self-detonation and suicides: that's the reality about North Korea," said Kim, a 32-year-old former North Korean soldier who defected to the South in 2022, requesting he only be …
Seoul’s spy agency says North Korean soldiers captured in …
Jan 13, 2025 · South Korea’s spy agency has told lawmakers that two North Korean soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces while fighting alongside Russian forces in Russia’s Kursk border …
North Korean soldier defects to the South: Military - Korea …
Aug 20, 2024 · A North Korean soldier defected to the South early Tuesday, Seoul's military confirmed. The defector — said to be in his 20s — crossed over the military demarcation line …
List of North Korean defectors in South Korea - Wikipedia
This is a list of notable defectors from North Korea to South Korea. In total, as of 2016, 31,093 North Korean defectors had entered South Korea. [1] By 2020 the number had grown to about …
North Korean troops in Russia not to be underestimated, ex-soldiers …
His experience and that of other military defectors helps shed light on the condition of thousands of North Korean troops deployed to the front line in Russia's war against Ukraine. BBC/Hosu Lee
North Korean defector Oh Chong Song doesn't blame comrades …
Apr 15, 2019 · Oh Chong Song, a North Korean soldier, runs after crashing his military vehicle in the DMZ in a defection attempt on Nov. 13, 2017. He was shot five times but made it to South …
North Korean defectors ready to join Ukraine's fight against Putin
Oct 29, 2024 · Almost 200 North Korean defectors are willing to join Ukraine's fight against Russia as North Korean troops come close to the frontlines of fighting in southern Russia, according …
North Korean soldier defects to South Korea: Report
Aug 20, 2024 · A North Korean soldier has defected to South Korea, according to the Yonhap news agency. The soldier was taken into custody in the northeastern county of Goseong early …
North Korean soldier defects to the South - NBC News
Aug 20, 2024 · SEOUL, South Korea — A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea early on Tuesday by crossing the militarized border in the eastern part of the Korean Peninsula, South …
North Korean soldier: Surgeon says defector ‘was like a broken jar’
Dec 4, 2017 · South Korean surgeon Lee Cook-Jong was already having a busy day in Trauma Bay 1 when he got the call: A US Black Hawk helicopter was on its way with an injured soldier. …