Pyongyang, April 27 -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Monday said his country would continue to support Russia's policies and discussed strengthening military ties with Moscow, state media KCNA reported.

A Russian delegation, including Defence Minister Andrei Belousov, attended a completion ceremony for a memorial honouring North Korean soldiers killed while fighting in Russia's Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces staged an incursion in 2024, KCNA said.

The DPRK government will, as always, fully support the policy of the Russian Federation to defend its national sovereignty, territorial integrity, and security interests, Kim Jong Un said, expressing confidence that the Russian army and people would achieve victory in what he called a...