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South Korean lawmakers provide update on estimated casualties following briefing by country’s intelligence agency.

Neither Russia nor North Korea has claimed the soldiers as their own yet, while South Korea could accept them as defectors

At least 100 North Koreans deployed to support Russia's war effort in Ukraine have been killed since entering combat in December, South Korean lawmaker Lee Seong-kweun told reporters Thursday.

These were the key developments on the 1,001st day of the Russia-Ukraine war.

South Korean spy agency says Pyongyang exported 170mm self-propelled guns and 240mm multiple rocket launch systems

South Korea’s military intelligence agency told lawmakers Wednesday that North Korea has likely completed preparations for its seventh nuclear test and appears to be preparing to test a long-range missile capable of reaching the United States

Testing of intercontinental ballistic missile likely to coincide with US election, warns South

Seoul has long accused the nuclear-armed North of sending weapons to help Moscow fight Kyiv, and after Kim Jong Un signed a mutual defence deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin in June, Pyongyang is alleged to have moved to deploy soldiers en masse.

Seoul’s intelligence agency says double the number of soldiers previously stated sent to fight against Ukraine.