Kim Jong Un shed a tear during a public tribute to fallen North Korean soldiers who died whilst fighting alongside the Russian army in Ukraine. The North Korean dictator watched footage of the battlefield whilst at a ceremony held to mark the first anniversary of a military treaty between Pyongyang and Moscow on Sunday (29 June).

State media images showed leader Kim Jong Un honoring the flag-draped coffins of North Korean soldiers killed helping Russia fight Ukraine, as Seoul’s defense ministry said Tuesday it saw no signs of further troop deployments yet.

North Korea’s state media showed on Monday leader Kim Jong Un draping coffins with the national flag in what appeared to be the repatriation of soldiers killed fighting for Russia against Ukraine, as