North Korean soldier captured in Ukraine dies: reports

The soldier is thought to be the first North Korean prisoner of war captured in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

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The soldier is believed to be the first North Korean prisoner of war captured since Pyongyang deployed forces to support Russia's war in Ukraine.

Separately, the White House said North Korean forces were experiencing mass casualties, and alleged that 1,000 of their troops had been killed or wounded over the past week in the Kursk region of Russia.

North Korea has sent more than 10,000 soldiers to help Russia, according to Kyiv and Seoul - though Moscow and Pyongyang have neither confirmed nor denied their presence.

White House spokesperson John Kirby suggested that Russian and North Korean military leaders were treating the troops as "expendable".

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