Security threat Seoul has long resisted calls from Western allies to tap into its vast military stockpiles and directly send weapons or ammunition to Ukraine, preferring to support Kyiv with non-lethal assistance instead. However, North Korea’s ...

South Korea possesses substantial reserves of 155mm artillery shells, which, in particular, Ukraine is currently using. Officials in Seoul noted they may consider direct arms supplies if North Korea acquires technology that strengthens its capability to ...

Donald Trump’s election victory is prompting South Korea to rethink the possibility of sending weapons directly to Ukraine, a decision that could have a big impact on the direction of the war.

North Korean soldiers, who were previously sent to Russia, are now in Kursk Oblast and are "already engaging in combat" operations against Ukraine. Source: Yonhap, citing South Korea's spy agency Details: The intelligence service reported that "North Korean soldiers dispatched to Russia have moved to Kursk Oblast over the past two weeks and their deployment to battlefields has been completed".

North Korean troops have begun engaging in combat operations alongside Russian forces, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday, expressing concern that Russia had turned to North Korea for soldiers to fight in its war with Ukraine.