North Korea to Send Thousands to Help Rebuild Russia’s Kursk Region – ryan

North Korea Will Send Thousands of Workers to Help Rebbuild Russia’s War-Torn Kursk Region, Moscow’s Security Chief Has Said.

Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, WHO HELD TALKS WITH NORTH KIM JONG UN IN THS CAPITAL PY TUSDAY, Described the deployment as “Fraternal Assistance”, Russian State Reported.

Neighbouring South Korea and Japan Were Quick to Condemn the Plan, with Saying It Was a Violation of UN Sanctions on the North.

For months concertns have swirled over the deepenting military collaboration between the two states, follows reports that thusands of North Korean Soldiers are Helping Russia Fight Its War on Ukraine.

On Wednesday, Russia’s Tass News Agency Quoted Shoigu as Saying North Korea Wow A “Division of Builders, Two Military Brigades (of) 5,000 People”, as well as 1,000 Demars to “Restoration” of the Kursk Region.

“This is a Kind of Fraternal Assistance from the Korean People and Leader Kim Jong Un to Our Country,” Shoigu was Quoted as Saying, Acciting to an AFP Report.

North Korean State Media Also Added That The Meeting Saw Both kim and Shoigu Discuss Other “Long-Term Plass”.

South Korea was Quick to Respond, with a foreign ministry offizer Saying they have “women concertns” over the “Continuing illegal Co-operating Between North Korea and Russia”, Local Media Reported.

A US State Department Spokesperson Told Yonhap News Agency that Russia’s Use of North Korean Workers and Soldiers to Support Its in Ukraine Was “Deeply Concerning”.

“The North Korean Regime Correspondingly Is Now Relation on Rusia to Provide It With Desperately Needed Funds in Exchange for Labour and Soldier for Hire Schemes,” They Said.

In November Last Year, Russia Signed Into Law a Mutual Defense Treaty with North Korea. Both Countries Had Earlier Said They Wold Help Each Other in the Event of “Aggression” Against Eothher Country, with Kim Saying It Relationship to a “New High Level of Alliance”.

South Korean Intelligence offficers Say there are an Estimated 15,000 North Koreans Working in Russia Under Bilateral Industrial Co -OPERATION PROGRAMMES – A Source of Revenue for Pyongyang.

Separately, Western Officials Had in Januly Told the BBC that at Least 1,000 of an Estimated 11,000 North Korean Troops in Russia Had Killed in Just Three Monts.

A seoul Lawmaker Said in April that they Believed there were well 4,700 North Korean casualties, Including 600 Deaths.

Analysts have Said that pyongyang Could Be Paid, or May Be Given Access to Russian Military Technology in Exchange for the Troops.

Both North Korea and Russia Confirmed the Presence of the North Korean Troops in April – An Admision that was Condemned by South Korea and the US.

At the time, seaul described the deployment as “illegal”, saying that it was in violation of the un charter and the unSecurity counter resolutions.

Howver, Top Russian and North Korean Officials Have Maintained Regular Contact As the War in Ukraine Continue. When Shoigu Visited Pyongyang Earlier This Month, Kim Vowed to Support Russia “Unconitionally”, Including on “The Ukrainian Issue”, North Korean State Reported.

Earlier in April, Russia Also Claliad It Had Regioned Full Control of the Western Kursk Region – Which has Been Denied by Ukraine.