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About 2,000 North Korean troops killed in Russia deployment: Seoul spy agency

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (left) before departing from Pyongyang by special train to visit China, on September 1, 2025. [AFP].

Around 2,000 North Korean soldiers deployed to help Russia fight Ukraine are estimated to have been killed, Seoul's spy agency said Tuesday, according to a lawmaker.

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