North Korea’s Kim says army ties with Russia will advance continuous

North Korean chief Kim Jong Un mentioned army brotherhood between his nation and Russia would “advance continuous”, state media KCNA reported on Friday (October 24, 2025). Mr. Kim made the feedback throughout a speech on the groundbreaking ceremony for a memorial for North Korean troopers who fought alongside Russian troops in Russia’s Kursk area throughout Moscow’s ongoing conflict with Ukraine, KCNA mentioned.

“The years of militant fraternity, by which a assure has been offered for the long-term improvement of the bilateral friendship at the price of valuable blood, will advance continuous,” Mr. Kim mentioned, in accordance with KCNA. Challenges by the “domination and tyranny” can not hinder the 2 nations’ ties, he added. The occasion was the most recent public honouring of North Korean troops who fought in Russia to repel an incursion by Ukrainian forces. Kim and Russian President Vladimir Putin have signed a mutual defence pact. North Korea has despatched troopers, artillery ammunition and missiles to Russia to assist Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Kyiv and Seoul estimate North Korea deployed greater than 10,000 troops to the conflict in return for financial and army know-how help from Russia. South Korea’s intelligence company estimated in September that about 2,000 North Korean troopers had been killed within the combating. Putin remained defiant on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump hit Russia’s two largest oil firms with sanctions to strain the Kremlin chief to finish the conflict.

Mr. Trump will go to South Korea, North Korea’s bitter rival, subsequent week.