Multiple defectors from North Korea spoke to NBC News about the mindset of soldiers sent to fight for Russia in Ukraine.

This story appears in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. There are 25 million people in North Korea, but the only visible portraits are of its leaders. Regular people are rarely ...

South Korea's military suspects North Korea is preparing to send more troops to Russia to fight Ukrainian forces, following ...

North Korea has been known for its mysteries since the time it was established and one of the biggest mysteries that has continued to grab the headlines all these years are the mysterious trains ...

SEOUL, South Korea — The downfall of conservative ... in terms of information operations to North Korean soldiers in Kursk and to domestic audiences inside North Korea.” ...

experience life abroad, they come to see North Korea as nothing short of a prison,” Ahn said. “Once they realize what freedom could mean, it’s hard to imagine they wouldn’t consider ...

The unprecedented loss of life in a foreign conflict means that the war in Ukraine could be the Kim regime’s most significant ...

Mounted on poles outside the auditorium, five North Korean flags waved in testament to the school’s ideological loyalty. Inside the newly ... school’s pro-North Korea links are tied to a ...

experience life abroad, they come to see North Korea as nothing short of a prison,” Ahn said. “Once they realize what freedom could mean, it’s hard to imagine they wouldn’t consider ...