SEOUL >> North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a welcoming ceremony for an army engineering unit that had returned home after carrying out duties in Russia, the North’s KCNA news agency reported today.

North Korea sent troops to clear mines in Russia's Kursk region earlier this year, the country's leader Kim Jong Un has said in a speech carried by state media, a rare acknowledgement by Pyongyang of the deadly tasks assigned to its soldiers in the region.

North Korea has sent thousands of troops to support Russia’s nearly four-year invasion of Ukraine, according to South Korean and Western intelligence agencies.

Kim Jong-un hugged the returning troops and awarded the country’s highest medal to nine soldiers killed in action.

Kim Jong Un praises returning North Korean troops for their "heroic" service in Russia during a welcoming ceremony in Pyongyang.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a welcoming ceremony for an army engineering unit that had returned home after ‌carrying out duties in Russia, the North's KCNA news agency reported on Saturday. In a speech carried by KCNA, Kim praised officers and soldiers of the 528th Regiment of Engineers…