SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said military brotherhood between his country and Russia would "advance non-stop", state media KCNA reported on Friday. Kim made the comments during a speech at the groundbreaking ceremony for a memorial for North Korean soldiers who fought alongside Russian troops in Russia's Kursk region during Moscow's ongoing war with Ukraine,

Around 20 North Korean soldiers crossed into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) border last weekend, prompting South Korea to fire warning shots until they retreated, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Thursday.

Hackers have pilfered billions of dollars by breaking into cryptocurrency exchanges and creating fake identities to get remote tech jobs at foreign companies, the report found.

A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea across the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone​ on Sunday, South Korea's military said.

At a military parade earlier this month, Kim Jong-un unveiled some of his military's newest weapons, including what appeared to be a short-range ballistic system fitted with hypersonic glide vehicles.

North Korea said Thursday it has successfully tested two hypersonic projectiles, calling them a new "important" weapon system, adding that the "cutting-edge" missiles strengthen the North's war deterrence.

North Korean defectors urged the international community to step up pressure on Pyongyang over human rights abuses as a major conference on the issue opened in downtown Seoul on Wednesday.