North Korea Has Sent Troops to Aid Russia. What Comes Next for NATO?

Analysis NATO will not enter East Asia soon despite North Korea sending troops to aid Russia in its war against Ukraine, according to experts. North Korea’s latest move to aid Russia is seen as a “significant escalation” and “dangerous expansion” of the conflict, according to NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte. “I can confirm that North Korean troops have been sent to Russia, and that North Korean military units have been deployed to the Kursk region,” Rutte said in a statement on Oct. 28. “The deployment of North Korean troops represents: one, a significant escalation in the DPRK [North Korea]’s ongoing involvement in Russia’s illegal war. Two, yet another breach of U.N. Security Council resolutions. And three, a dangerous expansion of Russia’s war.”...