North Korea, Russia and Special Operations Forces

Diary of North Korean killed in Russia hints at troops' special forces background
Ukrainian special forces have released several excerpts from a purported diary it said was found on a North Korean soldier killed in front-line fighting in Russia.
"I betrayed my Party": Ukrainian forces publish diary of dead North Korean soldier – photo
Gyeong Hong Jong, a North Korean special forces operative who was killed by Ukraine's Special Operations Forces (SOF) operatives in Kursk Oblast, has left behind a diary that is now being gradually translated.
Indoctrinated, loyal and well trained: Don’t underestimate North Korean soldiers in Russia, some experts say
Far from their homes in one of the world’s most isolated and secretive states, about 11,000 North Korean soldiers find themselves at the center of Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II.
Not ordinary soldier: Ukraine's Special Forces reveal new notes from slain North Korean operative
Special operations forces have revealed a new part of the notes from a North Korean soldier killed in the Kursk region. It has been discovered that he was not an ordinary soldier, according to the Special Operations Forces.
Ukraine's Zelenskyy says 3,000 North Koreans killed or wounded in Russia fighting
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said more than 3,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded fighting for Moscow in Russia's western Kursk region.
Ukraine's Special Operations Forces share more notes by North Korean soldier killed in Russia's Kursk Oblast
Ukraine's Special Operations Forces have published the second part of deciphered notes from the captured notebook of a North Korean soldier killed in Russia's Kursk Oblast. Source: press service for Ukraine's Special Operations Forces (SOF) Details: According to the latest update from the Special Operations Forces,
Several North Korean soldiers captured by Ukraine die from injuries, Zelensky says
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that several “seriously wounded” North Korean soldiers died from their injuries after being captured by Ukrainian forces.
North Korean special forces seize Ukraine village 'killing 300 and taking no prisoners'
North Korean special forces supporting Vladimir Putin are reported to have raided the village of Plekhovo, killing more than 300 Ukrainian troops and taking 'no prisoners'
Why North Korean troops are proving a nightmare for Russia
After two years of intense courtship, progressing from warm words to vital weapons, summits in Pyongyang to 11,000 soldiers on the ground in Russia, the burgeoning relationship between Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un was signed in blood this week when the first stories emerged of North Korean casualties on the Ukrainian battlefield.
US reveals: North Korean soldiers taking their own lives to avoid capture in Ukraine
John Kirby, spokesperson for the White House National Security Council, revealed that North Korean soldiers in Ukraine face harsh conditions, with some taking their lives out of fear for their families.
North Korean soldiers turning to suicide rather than face ‘human wave’ attacks in occupied Russian region
North Korean soldiers sent to aid Russia in its fight against Ukraine are dying in droves and some of them have even chosen suicide over surrender, according to officials. More than 1,000 North Korean soldiers were killed fighting in the Kursk region this past week — almost 10% of its deployment to Russia — after generals ordered a “human wave” attack,
North Korean Soldier's Sketch Shows Human 'Bait' Strategy Against Drones
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said there have been more than 3,000 North Korean casualties in Russia's Kursk ...
First vid shows North Korean troops fighting on frozen frontline with Kim’s ‘special forces’ battling in occupied Kursk
NORTH Korean troops have been spotted fighting on the frozen frontline in Kursk for the first time, new footage reveals. Kim ...