However, the official media did not clarify whether the troops would be allowed to return to North Korea or what would happen to them once their duty in Kursk was over.
During a meeting with Sergei Shoigu, the top Russian security official, in Pyongyang in March, Kim had stated his steadfast support for Russia’s conflict in Ukraine.
According to reports, the two reaffirmed their pledge to honor the mutual defense pact that was signed last year.
Because countries like the US and South Korea fear that North Korea would reciprocate with a transfer of advanced weaponry.
Kim’s relatively clandestine country has been providing Russia with a significant amount of conventional weapons.