North Korea Sent 1 Million Rounds of Artillery to Russia, Spy Agency Says

  • Russia appears to be helping Kim Jong Un’s space program
  • National Intelligence Service had a briefing with lawmakers

Sergei Shoigu with Kim Jong Un in North Korea, on July 27. 

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North Korea has sent more than 1 million rounds of artillery to Russia that President Vladimir Putin appears to be using in his bombardment of Ukraine, according to a lawmaker briefed by South Korea’s spy agency.

There have been about 10 shipments of weapons from North Korea to Russia since August, the National Intelligence Service said in a closed-door briefing with South Korean lawmakers Wednesday, Yoo Sang-bum, a member of the ruling People Power Party who is on a parliamentary intelligence committee, told reporters.