{"id":4617,"date":"2025-12-27T08:35:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T08:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/27\/n-korea-russia-bound-in-blood-of-war-kim-tells-putin-in-new-year-note\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T08:35:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T08:35:44","slug":"n-korea-russia-bound-in-blood-of-war-kim-tells-putin-in-new-year-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/27\/n-korea-russia-bound-in-blood-of-war-kim-tells-putin-in-new-year-note\/","title":{"rendered":"N Korea, Russia bound in \u2018blood\u2019 of war, Kim tells Putin in New Year note"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>North Korean, Russian leaders send New Year\u2019s greetings hailing their \u2018precious\u2019 shared experience of \u2018blood, life and death\u2019 in Ukraine war.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p data-start=\"222\" data-end=\"438\">North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said that his country\u2019s ties with Russia had been strengthened through \u201csharing blood, life and death in the same trench\u201d in the Ukraine war, as he sent a New Year\u2019s greeting to Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"222\" data-end=\"438\">Kim\u2019s message followed President Putin\u2019s own New Year\u2019s greeting to the North Korean leader on December 18, which praised the \u201cheroic\u201d role played by Pyongyang\u2019s troops in Russia\u2019s western Kursk region and \u201cclearly proved the invincible friendship\u201d between the two countries, state media reported.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 4 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/26\/new-york-to-require-social-media-platforms-to-display-mental-health-labels\">New York to require social media platforms to display mental health labels<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/26\/keir-starmer-says-egyptian-british-activist-alaa-abd-el-fattah-back-in-uk\">Keir Starmer says Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah back in UK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/inside-story\/2025\/12\/26\/has-the-fight-against-al-shabab-failed\">Has the fight against al-Shabab failed?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 4 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/26\/israeli-forces-kill-palestinian-in-gaza-carry-out-raids-across-west-bank\">Israeli forces kill Palestinian in Gaza, carry out raids across West Bank<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p data-start=\"222\" data-end=\"438\">In his message to Putin, published by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Saturday, Kim said 2025 was a \u201creally meaningful year\u201d for bilateral ties, and called relations between Moscow and Pyongyang a \u201cprecious common asset to be carried forward forever not only in the present era but also by posterity generation after generation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow no one can break the relations between the peoples of the two countries and their unity,\u201d Kim said, according to South Korea\u2019s Yonhap news agency.<\/p>\n<p>South Korean and Western intelligence agencies say North Korea deployed thousands of troops to support Moscow in its war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2084847\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2084847\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023-02-09T035748Z_1044733003_RC2F7Z9VAJDG_RTRMADP_3_NORTHKOREA-MILITARY-ANNIVERSARY-PARADE.jpg?w=770&#038;resize=770%2C513&#038;quality=80\" alt=\"North Korea military parade\" fetchpriority=\"low\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2084847\">Troops attend a military parade to mark the 75th founding anniversary of North Korea\u2019s army, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea [File: KCNA via Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>North Korea officially confirmed in April that it had deployed troops to support Russia\u2019s military campaign against Ukraine and that its soldiers had been killed in combat.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Kim acknowledged that North Korean troops were sent to clear landmines in Russia\u2019s Kursk region in August 2025, following a Ukrainian incursion, and that at least nine soldiers from an engineering regiment were killed during the 120-day deployment.<\/p>\n<p>Kim\u2019s New Year message to Putin was sent a day after he instructed his officials to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/26\/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-pushes-more-missile-production-as-war-deterrent\">increase missile production and build more factories to produce munitions.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>North Korea has also stepped up missile testing in recent years, which analysts say is aimed at improving the accuracy of its arsenal of short-, medium- and long-range rockets in order to deter what Kim sees as threats from the United States and South Korea. Intensified testing of weapons could also be linked to North Korea\u2019s exports of military equipment to Russia, the analysts say.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside troop deployments, Pyongyang is believed to have supplied Moscow with artillery shells, missiles and long-range rocket systems, while Russia has provided financial assistance, military technology, and food and energy supplies to the North.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean, Russian leaders send New Year\u2019s greetings hailing their \u2018precious\u2019 shared experience of \u2018blood, life and death\u2019 in Ukraine war. 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