Kim Jong-un has called his army the ‘strongest in the world’ but they are vulnerable to malnutrition, and none have seen combat or know the terrain in Russia’s war
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects a military training base in March 2024. Thousands of troops from North Korea are massing near the Ukrainian border, but their military worth has been questioned by some experts.North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects a military training base in March 2024. Thousands of troops from North Korea are massing near the Ukrainian border, but their military worth has been questioned by some experts.
Russia appears to have armed more than 7,000 North Korean soldiers positioned near the border with Ukraine with 60mm mortars, AK-12 rifles, machine guns, sniper rifles, anti-tank guided missiles and anti-tank grenade launchers, as well as night vision equipment, the Yonhap news agency said, citing Ukraine’s intelligence agency.
“They are too young and won’t understand exactly what it means,” said Lee Woong-gil, a former member of the Storm Corps who defected to the South in 2007. “They will just consider it an honour to be selected as the ones to go to Russia among the many North Korean soldiers. But I think most of them are unlikely to come back home alive.”
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