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North Korea can also gain income and assistance to its missile and nuclear programmes from Russia."
Gabriel Jonsson, associate professor of Korean studies at Stockholm University, told the Guardian And he’s like standing there with his eyes out, like… f**k...He came here and said what the f**k to do with them.”
Another soldier describes meeting the North Koreans Along with the intensification of military operations in the Middle East using the terrorist group Hamas, this is an additional confirmation of the anti-Western axis formed by Russia, which includes China and Iran in addition to North Korea,
This is an obvious escalatory step by Russia,
Zelensky wrote on Telegram That is why a principled and strong response from world leaders is needed."
We strongly denounce the U.S. hostile act of resorting to reckless military demonstration with its allies, not content with the present political and military tension on the Korean peninsula which is exposed to the danger of a touch-and-go explosion, as a clear threat and a grave provocation to the security of the region,
We believe that it is certainly possible, and I just go so far as to say, perhaps even likely, that at least some of these North Korean troops could be deployed to the Kursk area,
If there is such a thing that the world media is talking about, I think it will be an act conforming with the regulations of international law,
If they do deploy to fight against Ukraine, they are fair game,
There will evidently exist forces which want to describe it as illegal one, I think."
The ultimate goal for Kim is a revitalized alliance with Russia that helps North Korea catch up its missile program and its nuclear program with those in the West,
Peters told VOA Korean Tuesday on the phone Russia is losing 10,000 soldiers about every 10 days, so this deployment of 10,000 North Korean soldiers will not noticeably change the outcome,
Abrams told VOA Korean via email Wednesday As they were doing their nuclear tests, they would have discovered that some things didn't work,
North Korea will expect a generous payoff from Moscow in return for its troop contribution,
Hwang Joon-kook, South Korean ambassador to the United Nations, said Monday at a United Nations Security Council Briefing on Ukraine The financial benefits from this initial deployment may seem relatively small, but they are comparatively important for North Korea,
Troy Stangarone, director of the Center for Korean History and Public Policy at Wilson Center, told VOA Korean via email Thursday The national security advisers express grave concern over troop deployments" by North Korea in Russia, "potentially for use against Ukraine,
We are looking into reports that the number could be north of that,
We got rations, and as far as I heard those are for the brigade'',
one Russian soldier moaned Seoul) expresses grave concern over Russia's ratification of the Russia-North Korea treaty amidst the ongoing deployment of North Korean troops to Russia,
the South Korean foreign ministry said in a statement I suspect that they will hope that the North Korea-Russia relationship will, as in the past, eventually sour and that the North will again turn to China, which has a much longer tradition of links,