In this handout picture taken and released by the Russian Foreign Ministry on November 1, 2024, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui attend a ceremony unveiling a memorial plaque dedicated to Kim Il Sung's visit to the USSR in 1949, at Moscow's Yaroslavsky railway station.Photo by -/RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY/AFP via

North Korea’s top diplomat in Moscow for talks amid reports Pyongyang sent troops to Russia

The Biden administration said some 8,000 North Korean soldiers are now in Russia's Kursk region near Ukraine's border

· National Post

Russia’s top diplomat on Friday met his North Korean counterpart for talks amid reports that Pyongyang has sent thousands of troops to Russia to support its military in the war in Ukraine.

Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui’s visit to Moscow and her meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov came on the heels of the Pentagon’s statement that North Korea has deployed about 10,000 troops to Russia to fight against Ukraine.