General Kim Yong Bok is the deputy head of the North Korean army and a veteran of the country’s Storm Corps special forces. He is often photographed standing next to Kim Jong-un, smiling ...

SEOUL—In a country that fetes its military elites like celebrities, Col. Gen. Kim Yong Bok was rarely seen—or even mentioned—in public. His role leading North Korea’s special forces ...

North Korea has sent Colonel General Kim Yong Bok to lead the North Korean troops in Russia. This general is one of the ten most important military figures in North Korea and often acts as an aide to ...

(Reuters) -The Ukrainian government has named three North Korean generals it says are accompanying the thousands of Korean People's Army troops deployed to Russia in aid of Moscow's war in Ukraine.

The WSJ reported that North Korean Col Gen Kim Yong Bok, the deputy chief of the Korean military’s general staff, was reportedly in Russia to coordinate his country’s troops with the Russian ...