What would a North Korean troop surge mean for Ukraine war?

https://www.dw.com/en/north-korea-troops-ukraine-russia-war-south-korea-zelenskyy/a-78350896

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UncleArthur@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 5d (4 replies)

I'm going to go with: lots of dead North Koreans.

TheGoldenV@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 5d

Come for the promise of food, stay because you’ve been killed by a drone you didn’t even see.

The_v@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 5d (1 reply)

The sent 10,000 originally. 6,000 of them were casualties.

3,000 of the survivors were sent back as trainers.

The remaining 1,000 survivors and a fresh wave of 10,000 were sent to the front to bring the total to around 11,000 this spring.

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2026/03/6000-north-korean-soldiers-are-dead-in-ukraine-kim-jong-un-keeps-sending-more/

N. Korea has a military of around 1.3 million active plus another 6 million in different reserves. They need tens of thousands of experienced trainers to modernize their military.

If you don't give a fuck about the losses, this is a brutally efficient manner in going about it.

HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club · 1 pts · 5d

And likely profitable!

Ferrous@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 5d

Funny, I remember similar talk right before the Koreans retook Kursk in 5 months - and by all accounts, adapted to the battlefield extremely quickly and were formidable warriors.

redlemace@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 5d

gain valuable battlefield experience.

how are they are gonna transfer the dying and the being dead experience back to North Korea ??

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 5d

Having to explain the internet. And toilets.