U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke at a joint press conference following the 6th ROK-U.S. Foreign and Defense Ministers’ Meeting (2+2 Meeting) held at the U.S. State Department in Washington D.C. / Yonhap News During the press conference, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed that approximately 8,000 North Korean troops have been deployed to Russia’s front-line Kursk region and are likely to enter combat soon. U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin also noted, “We now assess that there are some 10,000 North Korean soldiers in total in Russia, and the most recent informatio…