The second-in-command of the U.S.-led multilateral force overseeing the inter-Korean armistice warned that the experience gained by North Korean forces on the battlefields of the Russia-Ukraine war changes the security calculus on the Korean Peninsula.

Addressing foreign reporters at a press conference in Seoul on Thursday, U.N. Command (UNC) Deputy Commander Lt. Gen. Scott Winter noted that Pyongyang’s alliance with Russia has exposed North Korean troops to the technology and tactics of modern warfare. 

“The relationship between North Korea and Russia, and North Korea’s involvement in the Ukraine war, is a timely reminder to all of us of the global