onsdag 18. juni 2025

N Korea to send thousands to help rebuild Russia's Kursk

North Korea will send thousands of workers to help rebuild Russia's war-torn Kursk region, Moscow's security chief has said.  Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, who held talks with North Korea's Kim Jong Un in its capital Pyongyang on Tuesday, described the deployment as "fraternal assistance", Russian state media reported. Neighbouring South Korea and Japan were quick to condemn the plan, with Seoul saying it was a violation of UN sanctions on the North.

For months concerns have swirled over the deepening military collaboration between the two states, following reports that thousands of North Korean soldiers are helping Russia fight its war on Ukraine.