The Korea Institute for Defense Analyses (KIDA) estimated North Korea gained about $20 billion from the ongoing war in Ukraine. On Monday, KIDA released a report titled "Economic Impacts and Strategic Responses to Russia–North Korea Military Cooperation.

North Korea appears to have sent at least 3,000 more soldiers to Russia early this year, South Korea’s military said Thursday, demonstrating Pyongyang’s continued support for Moscow’s war on Ukraine as world leaders push for an end to the three-year conflict.

The top U.S. commander in the Pacific is warning senators that the military support that China and North Korea are providing to Russia in its war on Ukraine risks security in his region as Moscow prov