North Korean soldiers kill themselves to avoid capture in Ukraine, U.S. says

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Source: NBC News

Dec. 28, 2024, 6:42 AM EST


Russia is deploying “human waves” of North Korean soldiers, the U.S. said Friday, and at least one soldier captured by Ukraine died of his injuries.

According to White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby, some North Korean soldiers have taken their own lives rather than surrendering to Ukrainian forces.

These suicides, he said, were “likely out of fear of reprisal against their families in North Korea in the event that they’re captured.” South Korea’s National Intelligence Service had confirmed on Friday that the North Korean soldier captured the previous day had died.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a statement on Telegram Friday that at least 3,000 North Korean soldiers have died or been wounded in Russia’s Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces mounted a lightning incursion in August.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/north-korean-soldiers-suicide-avoid-capture-ukraine-russia-rcna185625

[doc03]

1. North Korea may have a large army but they have no combate experience, it

is like sending them to slaughter.

[Irish_Dem]

5. The also have little training, are not kitted out well, and speak no Russian.

The NK troops actually killed some Russian soldiers, thinking they were Ukrainian.

[Deep State Witch]

2. The Good News About This

Is that it's showing all of our Asian allies how pathetic the NK Army really is.

[IronLionZion]

6. They know. NK is just the excuse for our Asian allies to invest in defense

and for US troops and ships to be in the area. China is the real reason.

[bluedigger]

3. They all have punched a one way ticket.

There was never any intention of repatriating those soldiers once they left North Korea. How could they ever go back after what they have seen and experienced?

[patphil]

8. They would contaminate the North Korean culture with their experiences outside of their country.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. This is beginning to sound like a creeping global conflict

Foreign troop are fighting in an alliance on the opposite side of the world. Doesn't get much more global than that.

[LisaM]

9. Of course it is.

We haven't sorted out WWI yet, not to mention tensions between Japan and Russia.

Biden strengthening NATO was a huge deal, barely a blip on the TikTok news of the average GenZer, I am sure.

[ZonkerHarris]

7. Oh well. What's for dinner?

[cstanleytech]

10. I think we know now who has been providing the materials and tech being used to make those N.Korean missiles.

[LudwigPastorius]

11. Hmm...eat your own 9mm, or surrender and everyone you left at home gets executed by anti-aircraft guns.

Decisions, decisions...

[tornado34jh]

12. There's still a very strong belief in honor in East Asia, but not in the same way as the Middle East/South Asia

For many in places like China, Japan, and Korea, being captured would be considered dishonorable. They would rather die than being captured because it would be seen as a disgrace. It goes back hundreds of years.