Seoul will "keep a close eye" on North Korea's entanglement in Russia's war effort against Ukraine, and will "take active measures in stages based on levels in military cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang," Yoon Yeocheol, South Korea's representative ...

North Korea may deploy as many as 100,000 troops to aid Russia’s war on Ukraine if the alliance between Pyongyang and Moscow continues to deepen, according to people familiar with assessments made by some Group of 20 nations.

But after the US and Ukraine revealed North Korean troops have already engaged in combat with Ukrainian soldiers, their role in the fight is being re-evaluated. Even the number being deployed - originally put at around 11,