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 ...
The National Interest6d
The National Interest logo
Andrei Lankov, The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia (New York: Oxford University Press), 304 pp., $27.95. NORTH KOREA is routinely described as unknowable ...
New York Post6d
North Korea prepares to send more troops to Russia after suffering casualties, South Korea says
South Korea’s military said Friday it suspects North Korea is preparing to send additional troops to Russia after its soldiers fighting in the Russian-Ukraine war suffered heavy casualties.
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 ...
Reticent North Korea wary of blowback as it watches South Korean political crisis
At first glance, the downfall of conservative South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol might appear to offer North Korean state media czars a propaganda windfall. But, so far, Pyongyang’s coverage of the ...
Surrendering North Korean soldier refuses to drop sausage at gunpoint
A surrendering North Korean soldier risked his life by refusing to drop his sausage at gunpoint, according to the Ukrainian ...