How to Use North Korean in a Sentence

North Korean

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• Thursday's launch is the third North Korean ballistic missile test of August to date.
  — David Brennan, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
• No public reply has been observed from Pyongyang or in North Korean state media outlets.
  — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 17 Aug. 2026
• 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
• His rule began during one of the most difficult periods in North Korean history.
  — Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Aug. 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
• Since then, various reports of Ukrainian troops skirmishing with North Korean counterparts have emerged.
  — CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
• But a schematic showing North Korean artillery batteries aimed at South Korea sealed the deal for the developers.
  — USA Today, 28 May 2026
• Cherniak also noted that roughly 9,500 North Korean troops are still in Kursk, though they are not engaged in active combat right now.
  — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 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
• Elderly right-wing protesters – some of whom had lived through the Korean War – rallied in the streets, at times calling the president a communist or North Korean spy.
  — Kelly Kasulis Cho, Christian Science Monitor, 30 June 2026
• The abrupt termination of the main channels of connections and contact left the Chinese–North Korean relationship in a shambles as trade ground to a halt and economic ties were mostly cut off.
  — Zheng Jiyong, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 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
• Russia's use of a North Korean ballistic missile in strikes in late July might also indicate its production pressures, Ukrainian officials said.
  — David Brennan, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
• Even actors with relatively smaller parts shone in their roles, including Ok Taec-yeon, whose North Korean accent sounded arguably even more convincing than So’s.
  — Regina Kim, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
• Although Ukraine first warned that North Korean troops were using attack drones on their territory last October, this is the first indication the new wave of troops will have this capability.
  — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
• Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a strategic partnership agreement just over two years ago.
  — ABC News, 11 Aug. 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
• North Korean troops have fought and died in Russia’s war against Ukraine, but only on Russian soil, helping expel Ukrainian forces from the Kursk region in exchange for cash, food, and technology.
  — Ariane Tabatabai, Time, 4 Aug. 2026
• Experts say North Korea has often used its rivals’ drills as a pretext to ramp up testing activities to expand its weapons arsenals and promote public support for the reclusive North Korean leader.
  — Konstantin Toropin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026
• Although the cybersecurity industry has been warning about North Korean IT workers infiltrating jobs for years now, the threat continues to persist.
  — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2026