North Korean Soldiers Return From Russia’s War With Ukraine NYT | Top Stories By: Choe Sang-Hun 13 December 2025 at 14:53 Kim Jong-un hugged the returning troops and awarded the country’s highest medal to nine soldiers killed in action. © Korean Central News Agency, via Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesKim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, hugs a soldier in Pyongyang during a ceremony welcoming troops home from a deployment in Russia’s Kursk region, in a photograph released by state media.
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