Russia's Sergei Shoigu said Pyongyang would send 5,000 builders to its war-torn Kursk region.

North Korea will send thousands of workers to help rebuild Russia’s war-torn Kursk region, Moscow’s security chief has said.

Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, who held talks with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in its capital Pyongyang on Tuesday, described the deployment as “fraternal assistance”, Russian state media reported.

Neighbouring South Korea and Japan were quick to condemn the plan, with Seoul saying it was a violation of UN sanctions on the North.

  • TransplantedSconie@lemm.eeEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Drop a couple thousand unlocked phones in their area.

    The amount of spankin’ that would ensue would tucker out all the workers.