North Korean leader Kim Jong-un says military brotherhood between his country and Russia will "advance non-stop", state media reports.

Kim made the comments on Friday during a speech at the groundbreaking ceremony for a memorial for North Korean soldiers who fought alongside Russian troops in Russia's Kursk region during Moscow's ongoing war with Ukraine, KCNA said.

"The years of militant fraternity, in which a guarantee has been provided for the long-term development of the bilateral friendship at the cost of precious blood, will advance non-stop," Kim said, according to KCNA.

Challenges by "domination and tyranny" cannot hinder the two countries' ties, he said. The event was the latest public honouring of North Korean troops who fought in Russia to repel an incursion by Ukrainian forc

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