A fleet of Chinese fishing vessels used North Korean crews between 2019 and 2024 in violation of U.N. bans, and many people were apparently subjected to abuses including being trapped at sea for years,

A report says a fleet of Chinese distant-water fishing vessels used North Korean crews in violation of U.N. bans and many were apparently subjected to abuses including being trapped at sea for years.

U.N. Security Council sanctions ban the use of North Korean labor, over concerns remittances fuel Kim Jong Un's nuclear and missile programs.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country has come a long way in building a powerful army but weapons without ideology are simply "ironware", as he stressed loyalty to some of its most elite military cohorts,

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited Kim Il Sung University of Politics on the 80th anniversary of its founding, stressing that "arms without ideology are little short of ironware," according to North's state media on Tuesday.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un underscored the importance of ideology in the nations military, stating that weapons alone are merely ironware without political and moral strength. Speaking at Kim Il Sung University

According to Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukrainian military intelligence, North Korea supplies Russia with up to 50% of the ammunition used in the war against Ukraine, reports the United24 Media portal.