North Korea, Kursk and Russia

The statement follows concerns about North Korea's contribution of thousands of troops to help Vladimir Putin 's war effort in Russia's Kursk region, where Kyiv staged an incursion on August 6.
U.S., South Korean and Ukrainian intelligence assessments say up to 12,000 North Korean combat troops are being sent by Pyongyang to the war under a pact with Moscow.
The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine says that North Korean soldiers are likely to be ...