SEOUL, July 31 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of external news on North Korea this week.

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Russia preparing to receive another 30,000 N. Korean troops for Ukraine war: Zelenskyy

SEOUL -- Russia is preparing to bring in an additional 30,000 North Korean troops to its war against Ukraine, with Pyongyang also planning to send more missile launchers to Moscow to support the war effort, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

Zelenskyy made the remarks in an X posting summarizing his nightly video address, saying that Moscow has been preparing since last month to deploy the troops to a border region in the southwest.

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