“ONE LAST BULLET”
North Korea’s deployment to Russia is its first main involvement in a battle for the reason that 1950-53 Korean Struggle. North Korea reportedly despatched a a lot smaller contingent to the Vietnam Struggle and to the civil battle in Syria.
The USA has warned the expertise in Russia will make North Korea “extra able to waging battle towards its neighbours”.
North Korea’s chief Kim has beforehand hailed his military as “the strongest on this planet”, in keeping with state media. Propaganda movies launched by the regime in 2023 confirmed bare-chested troopers operating throughout snowy fields, leaping into frozen lakes and punching blocks of ice for winter coaching.
However a South Korean lawmaker briefed by the nation’s spy company on Monday mentioned that the numbers of North Korean soldiers wounded and killed on the battlefield suggests they’re unprepared for contemporary warfare, similar to drone assaults, and could also be getting used as “cannon fodder” by Russia.
Extra worryingly there are indicators these troops have been instructed to commit suicide, he mentioned.
“Lately, it has been confirmed {that a} North Korean soldier was at risk of being captured by the Ukrainian navy, so he shouted for Basic Kim Jong Un and pulled out a grenade to attempt to blow himself up, however was killed,” Lee Seong-kweun, who sits on the South Korean parliament’s intelligence committee, mentioned.
Memos carried by slain North Korean troopers additionally present that North Korean authorities emphasised self-destruction and suicide earlier than seize, he added.
