North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reminded his troops to treat South Korea as a hostile foreign enemy and insisted that the North wouldn’t hesitate to attack its rival if the South infringes upon its sovereignty,

Russian navy ships transferred 1,500 North Korean special operation forces to the Russian port city of Vladivostok from October 8 to October 13, according to South Korea's NIS

The South Korean National Intelligence Service issued a statement claiming that over 1,000 North Korean soldiers are being transported to Russia.