Ukraine, North Korea

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 units.
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 capture, one former soldier told NBC News.
Seoul says 300 North Korean soldiers killed, 2,700 wounded fighting Ukraine
Casualties among North Koreans assisting Russia ‘have surpassed 3,000’, according to South Korea’s intelligence agency.
Exclusive-Ukraine Sees Marked Improvement in Accuracy of Russia's North Korean Missiles
A military source, who requested anonymity to discuss sensitive information, described a marked improvement in the precision in all the more than 20 North Korean ballistic missile
Russia's North Korean Missiles Are Getting Better
"The worst problem we are facing is the one coming from North Korea," the head of Kyiv's military intelligence agency said in the fall.
Inside the operations that took captive 2 North Korean soldiers fighting Ukraine
When Ukrainian soldiers captured two North Korean prisoners of war last month, it provided the first undeniable proof of Pyongyang’s direct involvement in the war against Ukraine
North Korean missiles in the Ukraine war are getting deadlier — as troops use battlefield as ultimate testing ground
North Korean ballistic missiles have been striking targets in Ukraine with increasing accuracy in recent weeks compared to over the past year — suggesting the Hermit Kingdom is using the battlefield as a testing ground for its new tech.
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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 ...
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North Korean soldiers dispatched to Russia
according to the retired Lieutenant General Chun In-bum of the South Korean Army, referring to them as "an elite force that is one grade above the average North Korean unit." However, in spite ...
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North Korean soldier shouted ‘Kim Jong-un’ before blowing himself up on battlefield
But at least some of the North Korean troops sent to fight in Kursk are thought to be elite soldiers. ‘North Korean troops are physically resilient,’ Puls said. ‘We have observed them ...
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Inside an Elite Ukrainian Unit’s Mission to Capture a North Korean Soldier
The Ukrainian special-forces team closed in on the North Korean lying alone and injured in a forest in Russia’s Kursk region. Spotting the Ukrainians, the young soldier brandished a hand grenade ...
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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 ...
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North Korea
Military & Defense 2024-12-24T16:39:34Z More than 100 of North Korea's elite 'Storm' troops are dead and 1,000 more wounded from their first battles for Russia: South Korean intel Despite ...
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Elite N. Korean IT teams infiltrate global freelance platforms
North Korea has intensified its covert foreign currency operations by sending elite IT workers to China and Southeast Asia as freelancers.