South Korea’s National Intelligence Service told lawmakers that Seoul made no commitment to provide military aid to Ukraine in exchange for accepting two North Korean soldiers captured in Russia’s Kursk region. Their transfer provides South Korean intelligence with direct access to personnel who served alongside Russian forces and may yield information on North Korean deployment,…
From Arms Supply to Integrated Warfighting Capacity This dossier examines how Russia–North Korea military cooperation has expanded from ammunition transfers into a wider system of missile supply, personnel deployments, training and military-technical exchange. It assesses the operational value and integration limits of the partnership, and identifies indicators that will show whether wartime support develops into…