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North Korea has sent more troops to Russia, South Korea says

A North Korean flag flutters in the wind as seen from the Taesungdong freedom village inside the demilitarized zone in Paju, South Korea on April 24, 2018 [Lee Jin-man/AP]

South Korea’s intelligence agency has assessed that North Korea has sent more soldiers to Russia after suffering heavy casualties on the front lines of the war in Ukraine, local media have reported.

The National Intelligence Service (NIS) said in a statement to South Korean media that Pyongyang redeployed troops to the front in Russia’s Kursk region in early February following a monthlong lull.

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