North Koreans in Russia: Studying Russian addiction and porn

According to information from South Korean, Ukrainian and American secret services, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent up to twelve thousand soldiers to help Russia. They arrived in Russia by train to the far east of the country.

For the first weeks, most of them went under training, and some of them moved to the west of the country. After that, the Russian army sent several hundred to three thousand DPRK soldiers near the Kursk region of Russia, where the Ukrainian army has been operating since the beginning of August, and created a buffer zone here to prevent launched an attack by the Russian army from this area. .

For the first time, the North Koreans were told about the fighting in the Kursk region Ukrainian justice already on October 16, ie less than two weeks after the first reports about the transfer of DPRK troops to Russia. Then it was also reported on the first soldiers, that eighteen of them had the right to escape, because they were not all satisfied. Later, however, they were found and reintegrated into the army.

In addition to the Kursk region in Russia, North Korean soldiers are also located in the occupied territory of Ukraine, where they will fight against the Ukrainian army in Russian uniforms.

“It seems that some of them (North Korean soldiers) are already working,” he said in late October American television CNN the source, who did not want to be named. He did not say where exactly he was. According to CNN, however, it is located on Ukrainian territory occupied by Russia.

She also came with similar information AP Groupaccording to which this is also confirmed by “several observers” who said that the North Koreans are already on the front lines. Since then, these messages have not appeared.

In addition to the world’s intelligence, the Russians themselves have admitted that the North Koreans were used. As the first ever Russian representative, on October 19, in an interview for Komsomolec Moscow (MK) confirmed Major General of Russia Vladimir Popov.

“(…) We could use North Korean troops in the Far East, in Siberia, in the south of the country and withdraw our (Russian) experts from there. Why should we refuse this support when we have a shortage of workers,” Popov said rather pragmatically.

“There are many units where we can use military personnel from the DPRK. Now we train them and they become national soldiers. But they will have a double subordination, they will cooperate both with their command and their order. They will be given several tasks and they will fulfill them,” he said in the interview.

He admitted, however, that in addition to being deployed in Russia, DPRK troops could also appear in Ukraine or in the Kursk region.

“I assume that after training, some (North Korean) volunteer soldiers may participate in combat operations because it is a unique combat experience for North Korea,” he said.

At the same time, world politicians also commented on the use of DPRK soldiers. For example, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called this an “act of desperation” on Russia’s part, while others spoke of escalation.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russian leader Vladimir Putin is testing the West’s response by using North Korean troops. According to him, it is weak, which could lead to the movement of even more troops to help Russia.

AP Agency she wrote that Russia will cover all costs related to the North Koreans, including their salary, which foreign observers estimate to be at least two thousand dollars per month (nearly 47 thousand crowns). But there is a catch, 90 to 95 percent of the earnings will go into the pocket of dictator Kim Jong-un.

According to AP, the soldiers themselves earn up to 2,400 dollars a year (more than 56,000 kroner), which is still a lot for them, which makes young soldiers especially sign up for dangerous deployment in an aggressive war of Russia. For comparison, ordinary workers in the DPRK earn about a dollar (more than 23 crowns) per month.

However, their use is accompanied by the expected problems with the language barrier. In addition, it is not easy for them to learn Russian because of the differences between the two languages. So the North Koreans only learn about a hundred words, mainly military jargon. For example, “shoot” or “I’m in position” can be found among the words.

However, Russian soldiers are not always happy to work with them. According to another report American television CNNwhich refers to Ukrainian wiring, the residents often call them “fucking Chinese”.

In addition to the high salary for DPRK soldiers, they are also getting used to a new reality: they have something to eat and at the same time have free access to the Internet for the first time in their lives. Gideon Rachman, chief reporter of the British newspaper The Financial Times, said that pornography is widely consumed because of the online world.

“A usually reliable source told me that the North Korean soldiers stationed in Russia have never had unfettered access to the Internet. As a result, they consume pornography,” wrote Rachman in a post on the X network.

Journalists asked the spokesman for the US Department of Defense, Charlie Dietz, in detail if they watch porn. He replied that it was impossible to confirm “non-military actions taking place in Russia”. In addition, according to him, the Pentagon is dealing with “more serious” aspects of military relations between the DPRK and Russia.

“As for Internet access, that’s a question better directed to Moscow. At the moment, our attention is focused on supporting Ukraine and solving more important regional security problems,” he said. List of Politico Dietze.

In mid-June, the Russian Federation concluded a cooperation agreement with North Korea, as part of which the DPRK sent troops to Russia. This agreement envisages mutual military assistance if one of the states faces an attack.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov indirectly said earlier in mid-October that if the DPRK was again in open war with South Korea, Russia would help the leader Kim Jong-un.