North Korea leader Kim praises 'heroic' troops in Russia, state media says

FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a meeting with Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin (not pictured) in Pyongyang, North Korea, August 14, 2025, in this picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency. KCNA via REUTERS/File Photo

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un praised "heroic" North Korean troops who fought for Russia in the war against Ukraine, in a meeting with officers of the army's overseas operation, state media KCNA said on Thursday.

Kim "highly appreciated their feats of leading the combat units of our armed forces, which participated in the operations to liberate the Kursk Region of the Russian Federation, to victory," KCNA reported.