North Korea is sending 6,000 military personnel to assist in rebuilding Russia's Kursk region, following a visit by a top Russian security official to Pyongyang.

North Korea will send 6,000 military workers and combat engineers to help rebuild Russia's Kursk region, Moscow's top security official said, in the latest show of growing ties between the two countries.

The new arrangement, aimed at rebuilding Kursk, is another avenue for North Korea to gain valuable experience and economic resources from Russia.