At least 100 North Koreans dead in Ukraine war, says South Korea

Some 1,000 have been injured and senior officers are among the casualties, an MP says, quoting officials.

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Lee Sung-kwon, speaking to reporters after parliament was briefed by the country's National Intelligence Service, said another 1,000 had been injured.

He said the casualties included high-ranking officials, and could be explained by the troops lack of familiarity with the terrain, and with drone warfare.

The first reports of North Korean casualties came earlier this week. It emerged in October that the North had sent 10,000 troops to help Russia's war effort.

On Monday a US Pentagon spokesman said North Koreans had been killed, without giving a number, and a day later an unnamed US official said that there had been "several hundred" killed or wounded.

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