North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has awarded medals to his returning and fallen troops, who fought for Russia in the war against Ukraine, as he held an emotional meeting with the families of soldiers killed on the battlefield, according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

“The combat activities of overseas operational forces … proved without regret the power of the heroic [North Korean] army,” and that the “liberation of Kursk” proved the “fighting spirit of the heroes”, KCNA reported on Friday, quoting Kim.

“Our army is now doing what it ought to do and what needs to be done. It will do so in the future, too,” Kim said, according to KCNA.

He also laid a flower at a memorial wall for North Korean soldiers killed overseas, and a concert was held for soldiers who returne

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