North Korea on Monday denounced Japan's recent opening of a new diplomatic mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), accusing the country of dangerously escalating the military tension in the region.

The North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) issued the criticism in an article attributed to an international security analyst, following Japan's formal inauguration of an independent mission to NATO last week to bolster cooperation.

The three are accused of shooting their Russian comrades - all marines - then going on the run with their army weapons.

China cannot say it wants to maintain good relations with the West while continuing to fuel the war in Europe, says NATO military committee chair Admiral Bauer - Anadolu Ajansı

NATO warns coordination between Russian, North Korean troops leads to casualties NATO expresses concern over rising dangers of Russian and North Korean military interactions

"I didn't even know who we were fighting against," the captured soldier from Pyongyang told Ukraine's Security Service.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the wounded North Korean soldiers were taken to Kyiv and are communicating with Ukrainian officials.

South Korea and NATO on Wednesday urged North Korea and Russia to halt their military cooperation. The demand came after Seoul claimed at least 300 North Korean soldiers died while fighting Ukraine on behalf of Russia.

North Korea on Tuesday test-launched several short-range ballistic missiles, neighboring South Korea and Japan said. NATO confirmed on Monday that North Korean troops had been deployed to fight ...

Japan on Thursday formally inaugurated an independent mission to the NATO military alliance as Tokyo and NATO seek to bolster cooperation amid escalating tension from Russia, China and North Korea.

North Korean troops have suffered thousands of casualties in Russia’s Kursk region, according to Ukrainian estimates

North Korea, fighting alongside Russia against Ukraine in its first major conflict since the Korean War, on Monday adopted its ally’s tone in lambasting warming Japanese ties to NATO.