Will North Korea deploy up to 100,000 troops to help Russia’s war in Ukraine?

“When North Korea initially sent around 10,000 troops, it was aware that replenishing depleted units would require dispatching many more,” Yang Uk, a senior analyst at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, told This Week in Asia.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if the total eventually reaches 10 times that number.”

Deputy US Ambassador to the United Nations Dorothy Camille Shea expressed concern during a UN Security Council meeting on Wednesday about the missile test, saying North Korea was becoming increasingly capable of “waging war against its neighbours” as a result of its involvement in the Russia-Ukraine war.