The Daily Populous Tuesday October 8th, 2024 evening edition
Authored by politico.eu and submitted by politico_eu

Russia and North Korea have deepened ties, culminating in a defense pact signed between the two countries in June. | Gavrill Grigorov/Pool/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images

North Korea is likely sending its soldiers to fight and die in Ukraine alongside Russian troops, Seoul’s defense minister, Kim Yong-hyun, said Tuesday.

"As Russia and North Korea have signed a mutual treaty akin to a military alliance, the possibility of such a deployment is highly likely," South Korea's defense chief told the country's parliament, adding that more of Pyongyang's soldiers are likely to be deployed.

“The relations between Russia and North Korea are evolving to be almost as close as a military alliance,” he said. “As such, more North Korean troops could be deployed in the war, from how we look at it.”

Reasonable-Dog-9009 on October 8th, 2024 at 11:28 UTC »

North Koreans dying in Ukraine is a Win/Win for both, Putin and Kim. The first gets more people material for his meat grinder, and the latter doesn't need to worry about feeding them (not that both great leaders would care much about their people...).

bondafong on October 8th, 2024 at 10:53 UTC »

Ahh apparently another Red Line that magically only works one way… hmm

Jubjars on October 8th, 2024 at 09:35 UTC »

Think China will object to another ally going boots on the ground terrorizing Europe?

Xi: C'mon. Everyone has a fair point! By the way we are taking away our influential citizens passports at the moment. We don't want our citizens fleeing our mythical decline which has not been caused by our decisions. Stop bullying us. Rams some fishing boats to show they remain "The Future".

Would actually be a great time for South Korea to fortify Ukraine with some of their SciFi military tech.