Overview

• The National Intelligence Service briefed South Korea’s parliamentary intelligence committee behind closed doors, according to Reps. Park Sun-won and Lee Seong-kweun.
• Pyongyang is planning a third deployment of roughly 6,000 soldiers to Russia, with about 1,000 North Korean combat engineers already in-country.
• Since October last year, North Korea has sent around 13,000 personnel along with conventional weapons to support Russia’s war effort.
• The NIS said the deployed troops are positioned in the rear as reserve forces and noted a potential leadership change within the contingent.
• North Korea previously cited about 350 deaths from earlier deployments, while the NIS had reported at least 600 in April before raising its estimate following further analysis.