Skip next section South Korea wants to send team to monitor North Korean troops in Russia
10/30/2024October 30, 2024
South Korea wants to send team to monitor North Korean troops in Russia
aims to send a team to to monitor and analyze the activities of the North Korean soldiers that have been deployed in Russia, a presidential official said on Wednesday.
This comes after NATO and Washington said that some high-ranking North Korean military officials and troops have been sent to Russia.
The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Seoul and its allies estimated at least 11,000 troops have been sent to Russia with more than 3,000 of them now deployed close to the front lines in Ukraine.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has described this military cooperation between Russia and North Korea as “illegal” and a “significant security threat to the international community.”
mfi/lo (AFP, AP, dpa, Reuters)
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Skip next section North Korea, Russia, hold ‘strategic’ talks in Moscow
10/30/2024October 30, 2024
North Korea, Russia, hold ‘strategic’ talks in Moscow
and top diplomats were engaged in “strategic” talks in Moscow on Wednesday, Russian authorities said.
North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui was on an official visit to Moscow to hold “strategic consultations” with her Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
“We will inform you additionally about the details,” Zakharova said.
The visit comes amid growing Western concern over North Korea’s support for Russia in Ukraine, with the US on Monday saying that 10,000 North Korean troops were training in Russia and could be deployed to Ukraine within weeks.
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