Kim Jong-un unveils housing for families of North Koreans killed in Ukraine war

<p>Leader vows to repay the ‘young martyrs’ who died as North Korea intensifies propaganda glorifying troops deployed to fight for Russia</p><p>North Korea has said it completed a new housing district in Pyongyang for families of North Korean soldiers killed while fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine, the latest effort by leader Kim Jong-un to honour the war dead.</p><p>State media photos showed Kim walking through the new street – called Saeppyol Street – and visiting the homes of some of the families with his increasingly prominent daughter, believed to be named Kim Ju-ae, as he pledged to repay the “young martyrs” who “sacrificed all to their motherland”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/16/north-korea-housing-ukraine-war-families">Continue reading...</a>