North Korea originally sent 12,000 troops to support Russian forces in Kursk and estimates are that up to a third of them were killed or wounded.

South Korea’s spy agency said Thursday that North Korea appears to have sent additional troops to Russia, after its soldiers deployed on the Russian-Ukraine fronts suffered heavy casualties. The National Intelligence Service said in a brief statement it was trying to determine exactly how many more troops North Korea has

South Korea’s spy agency on Wednesday said that North Korea appears to have sent additional troops to Russia, after its soldiers deployed on the front lines experienced heavy casualties. The South Korean National Intelligence Service (NIS) in a statement said it was trying to determine exactly how many more troops North Korea has deployed to Russia.