SEOUL, Nov 13 (Reuters) - North Korean soldiers have engaged in combat operations against Ukraine alongside their Russian allies, South Korea's spy agency said on Wednesday. Seoul's confirmation comes amid growing global criticism as the two countries ...

According to assessments by the National Intelligence Service, North Korean forces deployed to Russia have moved to Kursk Oblast over the past two weeks,” intelligence officials noted. North Korean soldiers have now completed battlefield deployment and are actively engaged in combat.

The alleged deployment of North Korean soldiers to aid Russia ’s war effort in Ukraine has prompted South Korea to warn that it could send military monitors as well as weapons to Kyiv.

Major arms exporter South Korea is not ruling out providing weapons directly to Ukraine, President Yoon Suk Yeol said Thursday, signalling a possible shift in Seoul's stance on the issue.

Kyiv "could secure mass surrender and defection among North Korean soldiers if proactive psychological warfare is mobilized," said one North Korean defector.