North Korea is gaining crucial military experience and equipment by sending troops to Russia, a U.S. official warned the United Nations, making the regime a growing threat to neighboring countries.

Russia has endured over 700,000 casualties since launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022—more than in all of Moscow’s conflicts since World War II combined, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Jan.

North Korea is “significantly benefiting” from its troops gaining battlefield experience fighting alongside Russian forces as it makes them more capable of waging war against rivals South Korea and Japan, a US official warned the UN.

North Korean Koksan howitzers spotted in Russia signal increased military aid in Ukraine conflict, escalating tensions and casualties.

Footage has surfaced on social media showing North Korean M1989 Koksan self-propelled howitzers on the front lines in Ukraine. According to experts, these images signal the increasingly dire state of Russian artillery,

North Korea’s threat to their neighbors to the south, indeed much of the rest of the region, is often closely associated with their nuclear weapons program. If we’re lucky, some analyst will remind us that North Korea’s biological and chemical weapons program is far older,

North Korean artillery spotted in Ukraine; images of soldiers and equipment reveal details about the ongoing conflict.