Posted on 02/07/2025 7:31:20 AM PST by Cronos
North Korean troops sent to fight alongside Russia in its war against Ukraine have not been seen in battle for several weeks, raising speculation that they have been withdrawn after suffering heavy losses, according to South Korea’s spy agency.
The National Intelligence Service in Seoul this week confirmed media reports that North Korean troops had been pulled from the frontline around the middle of January.
North Korea began sending an estimated 11,000 troops to the Russian Kursk region in late 2024, soon after the North’s ruler, Kim Jong-un, and the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, agreed a mutual defence pact designed to strengthen their alliance against what they called a US-led “western hegemony”.
Their involvement has come at a heavy price. Intelligence officials in South Korea said about 300 North Koreans had been killed and about 2,700 wounded.
...The North’s soldiers, who had not seen combat before being deployed, were said to have been unprepared for the harsh realities of warfare in unfamiliar terrain and particularly vulnerable to Ukrainian drones.
Intelligence officials in the South claimed notes had been found on dead North Korean soldiers indicating that the regime expected them to kill themselves rather than be taken prisoner.
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Interesting development...
Do we have definitive proof that there ever were Norks there?
Could it have been a ploy to bring us into the war?
Just wondering, since truth is hard to come by.
They should flee to Poland.
I think the North Koreans had just finished eating all the dogs in Kursk and were starting to eye the Russians so it was high time to leave.
That would be difficult - they’d need to fight their way through the Ukrainians in Kursk and then through Ukraine.
The Guardian -read no further.
Seoul acknowledges that there were Norks there.
However, this couldn’t pull in anyone else as Putin used the Norks only on Russian territory (Kursk)
Guardian 🤡😂
Seoul is in SOUTH Korea.
And Kazan is in Tatarstan.
The South Koreans keep track of what the Norks are doing and where
South Korea should focus on their own problems.
I suspect that the North Koreans are more aware than the South Koreans of what the North Koreans are doing.
But you do you.
“...said about 300 North Koreans had been killed and about 2,700 wounded.”
Those numbers aren’t nearly as high as I’d like - but they’re a good start.
Perhaps the NORKs are not as tough as we once thought.
North Koreans due to poor diet have the physical development of 12-14 year old South Koreans.
You would rather believe NK than South Korea? Ridiculous.
Turn off MSNBC and step away from the TeeVee.
Were there actually any Norks in Kursk - or did you get your information on that from the USAID-funded Ukrainian media?
—”Do we have definitive proof that there ever were Norks there?”
The modern internet is full of bots.
Your job is to prove you’re not one of them.
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