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South Korea Summons Russia Envoy Over North Korean Troop Deployment
About 1,500 North Korean special forces soldiers are already in Russia acclimatising, likely to head to the front lines soon, South Korea's spy agency said Friday.
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Video: North Korean Soldiers At Russian Training Ground Amid Ukraine War
North Korea has deployed 1,500 soldiers to Russia for military training, with plans to send up to 12,000 troops to fight in the Ukraine war, South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) has confirmed.
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North Korea Troop Deployment Locks In Russia Military Alliance
North Korea's decision to deploy thousands of soldiers to Ukraine's front lines cements Pyongyang's contentious military alliance with Moscow, experts told AFP.
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Kim Tells North Korean Soldiers South Korea Is 'Hostile, Foreign' Country
Kim Jong Un told North Korean soldiers that the South was a "foreign" country, state media reported Friday, saying Pyongyang had jettisoned any idea of reunification.
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S Korea Fire Warning Shots After N Korea Crosses Border Thrice This Month
Seoul's military said Friday it had fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the heavily fortified border in the third such incursion this month.
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Dozens Of N Korea Soldiers Cross Border, Get Injured After Landmines Explode
Dozens of North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the heavily fortified border with the South on Tuesday and retreated after warning shots were fired, Seoul's military said, adding landmine explosions had injured Pyongyang's troops in the area.
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South Korea Fires Warning Shots After North Korean Soldiers Briefly Cross Border
South Korea's military fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the border this week, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday, as tensions have spiked with the trading of trash-filled balloons and loudspeaker messages.
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US Soldier Faces Trial In Russia Over Death Threats To Girlfriend: Report
A US soldier, stationed in South Korea but detained in Russia on suspicion of stealing from his girlfriend and threatening to kill her, went on trial on Thursday, the state news agency RIA reported.
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US Soldier's Russian Girlfriend Stabbed Him Before His Arrest In Russia, Claims Wife
Months before his arrest in Russia, U.S. Army soldier Gordon Black made a surprise video call from his overseas tour in South Korea to his 6-year-old daughter in Texas.
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Japan Ordered To Pay $1,54,000 To Victims Of Wartime Sexual Slavery
A South Korean court on Thursday ordered Japan to compensate 16 women over wartime forced sexual slavery, overturning a lower-court ruling that had dismissed the case.
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US Soldier Who Fled To North Korea Charged With Desertion, Child Porn
Travis King was on duty with the US Army when he crossed the North Korean border. He had been in the Army since January 2021 and was based in South Korea as part of a rotation.
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US Soldier, Who Illegally Entered North Korea, Back In American Custody
US soldier Travis King is in American custody after leaving North Korea, where he had been held since running across the border from the South in July, a US official said on Wednesday.
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US Soldier Detained In North Korea Has Served Time In South Korean Jail
A US soldier who served around two months in a South Korean jail on assault charges was believed to be in North Korean custody Wednesday after crossing the heavily fortified border without authorisation, officials said.
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N. Korea Soldiers "Poured Oil Over Body, Burnt It": Seoul Decries Killing
North Korean soldiers shot dead a suspected South Korean defector at sea and burned his body as a coronavirus precaution after he was interrogated in the water over several hours, Seoul military officials said Thursday.
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North Korean Soldier Crosses Demilitarised Zone Into South
A North Korean soldier crossed the Demilitarised Zone that divides the peninsula, Seoul's military said Thursday, in a rare direct defection across the heavily fortified frontier.
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South Korea Summons Russia Envoy Over North Korean Troop Deployment
About 1,500 North Korean special forces soldiers are already in Russia acclimatising, likely to head to the front lines soon, South Korea's spy agency said Friday.
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Video: North Korean Soldiers At Russian Training Ground Amid Ukraine War
North Korea has deployed 1,500 soldiers to Russia for military training, with plans to send up to 12,000 troops to fight in the Ukraine war, South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) has confirmed.
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North Korea Troop Deployment Locks In Russia Military Alliance
North Korea's decision to deploy thousands of soldiers to Ukraine's front lines cements Pyongyang's contentious military alliance with Moscow, experts told AFP.
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Kim Tells North Korean Soldiers South Korea Is 'Hostile, Foreign' Country
Kim Jong Un told North Korean soldiers that the South was a "foreign" country, state media reported Friday, saying Pyongyang had jettisoned any idea of reunification.
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S Korea Fire Warning Shots After N Korea Crosses Border Thrice This Month
Seoul's military said Friday it had fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the heavily fortified border in the third such incursion this month.
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Dozens Of N Korea Soldiers Cross Border, Get Injured After Landmines Explode
Dozens of North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the heavily fortified border with the South on Tuesday and retreated after warning shots were fired, Seoul's military said, adding landmine explosions had injured Pyongyang's troops in the area.
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South Korea Fires Warning Shots After North Korean Soldiers Briefly Cross Border
South Korea's military fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the border this week, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday, as tensions have spiked with the trading of trash-filled balloons and loudspeaker messages.
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US Soldier Faces Trial In Russia Over Death Threats To Girlfriend: Report
A US soldier, stationed in South Korea but detained in Russia on suspicion of stealing from his girlfriend and threatening to kill her, went on trial on Thursday, the state news agency RIA reported.
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US Soldier's Russian Girlfriend Stabbed Him Before His Arrest In Russia, Claims Wife
Months before his arrest in Russia, U.S. Army soldier Gordon Black made a surprise video call from his overseas tour in South Korea to his 6-year-old daughter in Texas.
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Japan Ordered To Pay $1,54,000 To Victims Of Wartime Sexual Slavery
A South Korean court on Thursday ordered Japan to compensate 16 women over wartime forced sexual slavery, overturning a lower-court ruling that had dismissed the case.
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US Soldier Who Fled To North Korea Charged With Desertion, Child Porn
Travis King was on duty with the US Army when he crossed the North Korean border. He had been in the Army since January 2021 and was based in South Korea as part of a rotation.
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US Soldier, Who Illegally Entered North Korea, Back In American Custody
US soldier Travis King is in American custody after leaving North Korea, where he had been held since running across the border from the South in July, a US official said on Wednesday.
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US Soldier Detained In North Korea Has Served Time In South Korean Jail
A US soldier who served around two months in a South Korean jail on assault charges was believed to be in North Korean custody Wednesday after crossing the heavily fortified border without authorisation, officials said.
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N. Korea Soldiers "Poured Oil Over Body, Burnt It": Seoul Decries Killing
North Korean soldiers shot dead a suspected South Korean defector at sea and burned his body as a coronavirus precaution after he was interrogated in the water over several hours, Seoul military officials said Thursday.
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North Korean Soldier Crosses Demilitarised Zone Into South
A North Korean soldier crossed the Demilitarised Zone that divides the peninsula, Seoul's military said Thursday, in a rare direct defection across the heavily fortified frontier.
