International relationsNorth Korea to help Russia rebuild Kursk after Ukrainian incursion
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with Russian security officer Sergei Shoigu in Pyongyang on June 4. (KCNA via Reuters)
(Reuters) -- North Korea will send thousands of military construction workers and sappers -- military engineers -- to Russia's Kursk region to help rebuild it after a Ukrainian incursion that North Korean troops helped Moscow repel this year, a senior Russian security official said on Tuesday.