NIS confirms N. Korean troop redeployment to Kursk frontline with possible additional reinforcements

Starting early this month North Korea has been deploying troops again to the front lines of the battle in Kursk.

This is according to the National Intelligence Service earlier on this Thursday.

Now there appears to have been a reinforcement in the deployment but intelligence authorities here have yet to confirm its size.

Sources for their part have suggested over one thousand more soldiers being sent between January and February.

Back last October North Korea sent some 11-thousand soldiers to Russia.

Meanwhile a senior official at the Unification Ministry says the additional troop deployment aligns with the rotation of forces aimed at maintaining combat readiness.