North Korea's forces appear to be the latest 'expendable' army chewed up fighting Russia's war against Ukraine
North Korean troops, largely special ops forces, have suffered high casualty rates in bloody assaults, not unlike prison ...
Motivated, disciplined, well-equipped: North Koreans in Ukraine defy expectations
Projections that North Korean troops deployed to the Russia-Ukraine conflict would be ill-equipped cannon fodder are ...
Better Armed, but No Helmets: How North Koreans Fought Ukraine
A Ukrainian commander told Newsweek that Pyongyang's troops seemed to carry more ammunition than supplies when in battle.
The Diplomat6d
North Korea in Ukraine: What It Means for the World
It is time to examine not only the effects and effectiveness of North Korean troops in combat, but the wider implications for ...
North Korean soldier shouted ‘Kim Jong-un’ before blowing himself up on battlefield
One shouted ‘General Kim Jong-un’ before taking his own life as Kyiv’s Special Operations Forces (SOF) closed in, according to the commander.   Puls, who spoke under a codename, and his comrades in ...
Hudson Institute7d
Ukraine Military Situation Report | North Korean Military Involvement Special Edition
Below Senior Fellow Can Kasapoğlu offers a military situation report about the war in Ukraine. Executive Summary ...
Defectors offer insight into mindset of North Korean soldiers fighting in Ukraine
All North Korean recruits are taught a song that includes a verse about saving their last bullet for themselves to avoid ...
North Korea test fires its latest cruise missile as a gleeful Kim Jong-un brags his country's 'military muscle' is being 'perfected' after weapon 'precisely' hit its target
North Korea has test-fired sea-to-surface strategic guided cruise missiles, state news agency KCNA has reported, adding that ...
A former soldier in North Korea's army says he was restricted to firing 3 bullets a year
Hyunseung Lee, a former soldier who fled North Korea, told BI that those sent to fight against Ukraine have "zero ...
The Boston Globe14d
Ukraine intel chief says North Korean weapons are flooding into Russia
In October, it was confirmed that as many as 10,000 North Korean elite troops were deployed to fight Ukraine. Budanov said in the interview that the number is higher, around 12,000 troops ...