Kim Jong Un’s troop dispatch to Russia lays bare a disregard for soldiers’ lives | NK News
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December 07, 2024
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Kim Jong Un’s troop dispatch to Russia lays bare a disregard for soldiers’ lives

North Korean forces appear to be serving under Russian command, underscoring their role as revenue generators for regime

Editor’s note: The following article is an opinion piece by Diana Y. Myers, a North Korea nuclear expert and former Air Force doctoral fellow at the RAND Corporation. She is also a strategist for the U.S. Air Force. The views expressed in this article are exclusively the author’s own and do not reflect the position of the U.S. military or U.S. government, nor represent those of NK News.


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