North Korea has opened a memorial museum for its soldiers killed while fighting for Russia against Ukraine, with top leaders of North Korea and Russia pledging a push for greater cooperation.
In April 2025, North Korea and Russia announced that their soldiers fought together to repel a Ukraine incursion into Russia’s Kursk border region. The two countries haven’t disclosed how many North Koreans soldiers were deployed, but South Korea’s intelligence service estimated North Korea sent about 15,000 troops and 2,000 of them were killed.
