U.S. and allies must push to keep drone tech out of Pyongyang's hands

Leaders also need to dissuade North Korea from sending more troops to Russia

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversees a performance test of drones during a visit to the Drone Institute of North Korea's Academy of Defence Sciences at an undisclosed location in North Korea in Aug. 2024, in this photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency.  © Reuters

Graham Ong-Webb is an adjunct fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore.

When the Ukraine military launched fighting units beyond its sovereign border into the Kursk region of Russia on Aug. 6, gaining a foothold of approximately 1,250 square kilometers of ground and 74 settlements in two weeks, some media outlets hailed it as the "second" Battle of Kursk.

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