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Putin Aide Shoigu Meets Kim as Pyongyang Plans More Military Aid

This photo by the North Korean government shows Sergei Shoigu, left, with Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang on June 17.Source: Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service/AP Photo

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Kim Jong Un discussed ongoing cooperation with Moscow in talks with President Vladimir Putin’s top security aide Sergei Shoigu, North Korea’s state media said Wednesday, after reports that Pyongyang plans to send more military personnel to support Russia.

While the official Korean Central News Agency offered no details about the possible dispatch of more North Koreans to its ally, Russian media citing Shoigu said Pyongyang will deploy an additional 6,000 military workers to Russia’s border region of Kursk.