		<div class="wpcnt">
			<div class="wpa">
				<span class="wpa-about">Advertisements</span>
				<div class="u top_amp">
							<amp-ad width="300" height="265"
		 type="pubmine"
		 data-siteid="111265417"
		 data-section="2">
		</amp-ad>
				</div>
			</div>
		</div><p>US defence secretary Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday that North Korean troops wearing Russian uniforms and carrying Russian equipment are moving to the Kursk region near Ukraine, in what he called a dangerous and destabilising move.</p>
<p>Mr Austin was speaking at a press conference with South Korean defense minister Kim Yong-hyun, as concerns grow about Pyongyang’s deployment of as many as 11,000 troops to Russia.</p>
<p>He said officials are discussing what to do about the deployment.</p>
<p>Mr Austin said the US remains concerned that Russia will use the North Korean troops in combat, but “whether they will be employed in the fight is yet to be seen”.</p>
<figure id="attachment_184718" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-184718" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_6747.webp" alt="" width="640" height="426" class="size-full wp-image-184718" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-184718" class="wp-caption-text">US defence secretary Lloyd Austin, centre right, with South Korean defence minister Kim Yong Hyun at the Pentagon</figcaption></figure>
<p>Mr Kim said he does not necessarily believe the deployment will trigger war on the peninsula, but could increase security threats between the two nations.</p>
<p>There is a “high possibly” that Pyongyang would ask for higher technologies in exchange for its troop deployment, such as in nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities, he said, speaking through an interpreter.</p>
<p>Seoul and its allies assess that the number of North Korean troops now dispatched in Russia has increased to 11,000, according to a senior South Korean presidential official, who spoke on condition of anonymity during a background briefing.</p>
<p>More than 3,000 of them are believed to have moved toward combat zones in western Russia, the official said, without specifying the locations.</p>
<p>Some North Korean advance units of those troops have already arrived in Kursk, where Ukraine has successfully held territory after a surprise counter-incursion in August.</p>
			<div style="padding-bottom:15px;" class="wordads-tag" data-slot-type="belowpost">
				<div id="atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68cd077d5c844">
					<script type="text/javascript">
						window.getAdSnippetCallback = function () {
							if ( false === ( window.isWatlV1 ?? false ) ) {
								// Use Aditude scripts.
								window.tudeMappings = window.tudeMappings || [];
								window.tudeMappings.push( {
									divId: 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68cd077d5c844',
									format: 'belowpost',
								} );
							}
						}

						if ( document.readyState === 'loading' ) {
							document.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', window.getAdSnippetCallback );
						} else {
							window.getAdSnippetCallback();
						}
					</script>
				</div>
			</div>
Discover more from London Glossy Post
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
