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'NKoreans dead, hurt in Russia hits 1,100'

SEOUL — More than 1,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded in Russia's war on Ukraine, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said on Monday.

The new figure follows a report by Seoul's spy agency to lawmakers last week, which said at least 100 North Korean soldiers had been killed since entering combat in December.

FANCY MOVES North Korean soldiers performing an exercise during a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that halted the 1950-1953 Korean War, at Kim Il-sung Square in the North’s capital Pyongyang on July 27, 2023. FILE PHOTO FROM THE KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY VIA EPA

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