North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a welcoming ceremony for an Army Engineering Unit that had returned home after carrying out duties in Russia, the North Korea’s KCNA news agency reported on Saturday (December 13, 2025).

In a speech carried by KCNA , Mr. Kim praised officers and soldiers of the 528th Regiment of Engineers of the Korean People's Army (KPA) for "heroic" conduct and "mass heroism" in fulfilling orders issued by the ruling Workers' Party of Korea during a 120-day overseas deployment.

Video footage released by North Korea showed uniformed soldiers disembarking from an aircraft, Mr. Kim hugging a soldier seated in a wheelchair, and soldiers and officials gathered to welcome the troops.

KCNA said the unit had been dispatched in early August and carried out com

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