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SEOUL — North Korea appears to have sent at least 3,000 more soldiers to Russia early this year, South Korea’s military said Thursday, demonstrating Pyongyang’s continued support for Moscow’s war on Ukraine as world leaders push for an end to the three-year conflict.The reinforcements, sent in January and February, add to the roughly 11,000 troops North Korea has sent to Russia so far, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. About 4,000 of them have been killed or injured in combat, according to Seoul.Pyongyang has also sent a “significant amount” of short-range ballistic missiles and about 220 pieces of 170-millimeter self-propelled howitzers and 240-millimeter multiple rocket launchers, South Korea said. It said the North’s contributions are “expected to increase...
March 27, 2025
North Korea has sent 3,000 more soldiers to bolster Russia’s war on Ukraine
March 26, 2025
South Korea admits to 'mass exporting' children for adoption
March 26, 2025
At least 24 dead in South Korea's 'worst ever fires'
March 26, 2025
1,300-year-old temple destroyed as wildfires ravage South Korea, killing 18
March 26, 2025
Bollywood actress vindicated over boyfriend's death after media hounding
March 26, 2025
Papua New Guinea blocks Facebook to 'limit' fake news and porn
March 25, 2025
Indian comedian faces probe for joke that angered politicians
March 25, 2025
Japan court dissolves controversial 'Moonies' church
NEW DELHI — On 24 March 2020, India announced its first Covid lockdown, just as the world stood on the brink of a global pandemic that would claim millions of lives.India's already fragile healthcare system collapsed under the pandemic's weight.The WHO estimated over 4.7 million Covid deaths in India — nearly 10 times the official count — but the government rejected the figure, citing flaws in the methodology.Five years later, BBC India journalists reflect on their experiences recounting how, at times, they became part of the story they were covering.
'Oxygen, oxygen, can you get me oxygen?'
Soutik Biswas, BBC NewsIt was the summer of 2021.I woke up to the frantic voice of a school teacher. Her 46-year-old husband had been battling Covid in a Delhi hospital, where...
March 25, 2025
Journalists recall horrors of India's Covid lockdown
March 25, 2025
China frees staff of US consultancy firm after two years
