Summary of inter-Korean news this week

Seoul, Aug. 28 (Yonhap) - This week's inter-Korean news update.

South Korean military officials report no signs of additional North Korean troops being deployed to Russia, according to Rep. Yoo Yong-won from the opposition People Power Party. North Korea is reportedly still preparing for such a deployment.

Despite the omission of the term "denuclearization" from recent readouts of their top diplomats' phone call, South Korea and the United States reaffirm their commitment to the goal of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula, as stated by Seoul's foreign ministry on Tuesday.

Additionally, a South Korean court has ordered North Korea to pay damages to a defector who claims she was tortured while detained in North Korea. Choi Min-kyung, head of the North Korea Imprisonment Victims Family Association, filed a lawsuit last year, seeking 50 million won (US$36,300) in compensation for her suffering.