In a surprising geopolitical move, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has dispatched 1,000 sappers and 5,000 military construction workers to Russia’s Kursk region, former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu revealed during his high-level visit to Pyongyang.
This strategic cooperation highlights deepening North Korea-Russia military ties amid rising global tensions and ongoing sanctions. The aid effort focuses on infrastructure reconstruction in Kursk, a region recently impacted by border conflict and drone attacks from Ukraine.
Shoigu’s announcement marks a significant development in the growing alliance between Moscow and Pyongyang, with military collaboration and construction support symbolizing shared opposition to Western influence.
