"The scale of deployed North Korean troops is being closely watched," Yoon Yeocheol, South Korea's ambassador to the U.K., told Newsweek.

Russia is pouring cash into the deployment of up to 100,000 North Korean soldiers to help its war efforts — but the soldiers themselves are unlikely to receive any of it, according to North Korea experts. Instead, much of the money is likely being ...

Ukrainian and South Korean intelligence services have said that many of the troops deployed to Russia are some of Pyongyang’s best, drawn from the 11th Corps, also known as the Storm Corps - a unit trained in infiltration, infrastructure sabotage and assassinations.