North Korea sent its best troops to aid Russia in its war against Ukraine. But after months of suffering severe losses, they have been taken off the front line.

North Korea and Russia's deepening military relationship has sounded alarm in South Korea and the United States.

North Korean forces have been pulled off the frontlines in the Kursk region after suffering heavy losses in combat, The New York Times reports. According to Ukrainian and US officials, North Korean soldiers who had been fighting alongside Russian forces against Ukraine were withdrawn after sustaining significant casualties.

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is understood to have sent 11,000 troops to Russia to help Mad Vlad's forces in their battle to take back the Russian Kursk region which was taken by Ukraine in an Au