North Korea to Send More Troops to Russia, South Korea Spies Say
- First group of soldiers already undergoing training in Russia
- South Korea also reports on arms sent to Russia by Pyongyang
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A second batch of North Korean troops will head to Russia soon, according to South Korean intelligence documents shared with allies and seen by Bloomberg News.
A first group of 1,500 elite special forces troops is already undergoing training in Russia’s far east as part of a planned deployment of about 10,000 North Korean soldiers, according to the documents. They were transported to the port of Vladivostok between Oct. 8 and Oct. 13 after the first visit by Russian naval vessels to North Korean waters since 1990, the assessment showed.