US, Japan, South Korea express ‘grave concern’ over North Korea troops in Russia: White House

The national security advisors of the United States, South Korea and Japan expressed “grave concern” Friday over the deployment of North Korean forces to Russia, the White House said.

The officials, who met in Washington, “expressed grave concern over troop deployments by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to Russia, potentially for use on the battlefield against Ukraine,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told journalists, using North Korea’s official name.