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North Korean person Kim Jong Un attended a welcoming ceremonial for an Army Engineering Unit that had returned home aft carrying retired duties successful Russia, the North Korea’s KCNA news bureau reported connected Saturday (December 13, 2025).
In a code carried by KCNA, Mr. Kim praised officers and soldiers of the 528th Regiment of Engineers of the Korean People's Army (KPA) for "heroic" behaviour and "mass heroism" successful fulfilling orders issued by the ruling Workers' Party of Korea during a 120-day overseas deployment.
Video footage released by North Korea showed uniformed soldiers disembarking from an aircraft, Mr. Kim hugging a worker seated successful a wheelchair, and soldiers and officials gathered to invited the troops.
KCNA said the portion had been dispatched successful aboriginal August and carried retired combat and engineering tasks successful the Kursk portion of Russia during Moscow's warfare with Ukraine.
Last month, Russia's Defence Ministry said North Korean troops who helped Russia repel a large Ukrainian incursion into its occidental Kursk portion are present playing an important relation successful clearing the country of mines.
Under a communal defence pact betwixt the 2 countries, North Korea past twelvemonth sent immoderate 14,000 soldiers to combat alongside Russia successful Kursk, and much than 6,000 were killed, according to South Korean, Ukrainian, and Western sources.
Mr. Kim said 9 soldiers were killed during the mission, describing their deaths arsenic a "heartrending loss," and announced that the regiment would beryllium awarded the Order of Freedom and Independence. The 9 fallen soldiers were awarded the rubric of Hero of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, on with different State honours, KCNA said.
The welcoming ceremonial was held connected Friday (December 12, 2025) successful Pyongyang and was attended by elder subject officials, ruling enactment leaders, families of the soldiers, and ample crowds, according to the report.
In his speech, Mr. Kim said the regiment had cleared unsafe areas nether combat conditions and demonstrated "absolute loyalty" to the enactment and the State. He besides praised the governmental indoctrination, discipline, and unity among the troops, calling their show a exemplary for the equipped forces.
North Korea has been publically honouring its troops who fought for Russia successful the warfare successful Ukraine. In August, Mr. Kim praised them successful a gathering with officers progressive successful overseas operations, portion authorities media earlier showed him draping coffins with the nationalist emblem successful what appeared to beryllium the repatriation of soldiers killed alongside Russian forces.
