Former North Korean soldiers spoke with ABC News about their military service. SEOUL -- A former sergeant in the North Korean military says that few of Pyongyang's soldiers have been captured fighting against Ukraine because they're told their families will be executed if they are caught alive.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a meeting of the country's ruling party, in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo released on December 29, 2024 by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency.

North Korea carried out a test-launch of strategic cruise missiles in the Yellow Sea this week, in a drill Pyongyang said Friday aimed at showing off its "counterattack" capabilities.

South Korea’s National Intelligence Service says it is assessing size of Pyongyang’s deployment to the war in Ukraine.

Lee Cheol-woo, North Gyeongsang governor in South Korea, urged Trump to invite his Pyongyang counterpart to the coming Apec summit to be held in the province, The Korea Times repo

The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group arrived in South Korea only days after Pyongyang carried out its fourth missile test this year.

North Korea test-fired strategic cruise missiles into the Yellow Sea in a demonstration of Pyongyang's nuclear deterrent capabilities, state-run media said Friday.

Pyongyang blasted the U.S. "provocations," including last week's ICBM test-launch and a nuclear submarine's port call at Busan, South Korea.

North Korean defector Ryu Seong-hyeon in Seoul, South Korea. (ABC News) (SEOUL) — A former sergeant in the North Korean military says that few of Pyongyang’s soldiers have been captured fighting again

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's influential sister said Tuesday that the deployment of a U.S. aircraft carrier to South Korea would prompt Pyongyang to bolster its nuclear arsenal and ramp up military provocations.

Two KF-16 fighter jets dropped eight bombs in a rural area near the North Korean border. Footage showed plumes of smoke and damaged trucks, houses and a church.