How to Use North Korean in a Sentence

North Korean

adjective
  • North Korean troops, for example, or war materials from China, for use in Ukraine.
    — Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
  • Two others charged, Jin Sung-il and Pak Jin-Song, are North Korean and remain at large.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 14 May 2026
  • The last time a North Korean soldier made the daring move was October 2025.
    — CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • In his speech, Kim said the Choe Hyon will be the first ship of a modern North Korean fleet, with even bigger vessels coming.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
  • North Korean players at a training session in Suwon, South Korea, on Monday.
    — Stella Kim, NBC news, 20 May 2026
  • But a schematic showing North Korean artillery batteries aimed at South Korea sealed the deal for the developers.
    — USA Today, 28 May 2026
  • North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been testing missiles capable of having nuclear warheads as recently as this week.
    — Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Those same officials say the forces suffered staggering losses, with more than 6,000 North Korean soldiers believed killed in some of the war’s most intense fighting.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
  • Experts say North Korean troops sent to the war earlier became easy targets for drone and artillery attacks due to their lack of combat experience and unfamiliarity with the terrain.
    — ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The comments mark the first time Kim has directly acknowledged the lengths North Korean troops fighting for Russia have gone to in attempts to avoid capture by Ukrainian forces.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
  • Solemn North Korean soldiers, marching alongside Russians, provided the only novelty.
    — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
  • North Korean sailors listen to Kim Jong Un during the commissioning ceremony at Nampho port Tuesday.
    — Stella Kim, NBC news, 24 June 2026
  • Elite academy instructors began translating the latest sports science data and techniques, analysing world-class matches from overseas to improve their players, according to North Korean media.
    — Andrew McNicol, CNN Money, 7 June 2026
  • Xi will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a two-day state visit starting from next Monday, state media Xinhua announced on Friday.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 5 June 2026
  • The statement underscores the ideological intensity imposed on North Korean forces, whose loyalty to the regime appears to extend beyond combat to self-destruction.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
  • Thousands of North Korean soldiers have fought on the side of Moscow in Russia’s war on Ukraine, while Pyongyang’s arms sales to Moscow have also boosted its economy.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 8 June 2026
  • Kim’s foreign policy focus has increasingly shifted toward Russia, which has received thousands of North Korean troops and large shipments of conventional weapons to support its war in Ukraine.
    — ABC News, 26 May 2026
  • But the latest soccer event won’t likely signal any thaw in their long-strained ties, with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un maintaining his confrontational stance against South Korea.
    — ABC News, 17 May 2026
  • On June 25, 1950, North Korean forces invaded South Korea in an attempt to reunify the peninsula under communist rule.
    — Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 June 2026
  • According to The Guardian, two North Korean soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces and now held as prisoners of war in Kyiv both reportedly attempted to blow themselves up but were unable to do so because of severe injuries.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
  • Meanwhile, North Korean soldiers who survived their encounters with Ukrainian drone warfare while fighting on Russia’s side have already been rotating back home to instruct the North Korean military.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026
  • Incheon, South Korea — South Korea received North Korean athletes for the first time in more than seven years on Sunday, when a women’s soccer team arrived to contest the Asian club championship.
    — Gawon Bae, CNN Money, 17 May 2026
  • Ahn said the plans reflect how low-cost loitering munitions like drones are becoming crucial in modern warfare, including in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that also involved thousands of North Korean troops fighting alongside Russian troops.
    — ABC News, 25 June 2026
  • Ahn said the plans reflect how low-cost loitering munitions like drones are becoming crucial in modern warfare, including in Russia's invasion of Ukraine that also involved thousands of North Korean troops fighting alongside Russian troops.
    — Arkansas Online, 27 June 2026
  • North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and first lady Ri Sol Ju greeted Xi at the airport in Pyongyang, with official footage showing the pair clapping as Xi’s plane landed, kicking off his two-day state visit.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 8 June 2026
  • Russia’s state news agency, Tass, cited Belousov as telling Kim that Russia was ready to sign a Russian-North Korean military cooperation plan for the 2027-2031 period.
    — ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The Interview starred Rogen and James Franco as their characters landed an interview with North Korean dictator Jong-Un Kim, then were recruited by the CIA to assassinate him.
    — Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
  • North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has cemented the division of the Korean Peninsula in the past month, revising the reclusive nation’s constitution to define each country as distinct territories, while removing a clause related to reunification.
    — Gawon Bae, CNN Money, 17 May 2026
  • Trump groused last year about a massive military parade Xi hosted with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing, accusing them of conspiring against America.
    — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 14 May 2026
  • North Korean athletes last came to the South in December 2018, when a joint North-South team competed in the International Table Tennis Federation World Grand Finals.
    — Gawon Bae, CNN Money, 17 May 2026

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