North Korea will hold a ceremony this month to bury the remains of its soldiers killed while fighting overseas alongside Russia against Ukraine, state media said Friday.

An unexpected attempt by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to impose martial law ended in failure just six hours later.

North Korea’s foreign ministry denounced a U.S. planned sale of Apache helicopters to South Korea, vowing to take additional steps to bolster its defence, News.az reports citing Bharatshakti.