North Korean soldiers
Coverage of North Korean soldiers in the Nexus archive.
- Kim praises North Korean soldiers who blew themselves up to evade Ukraine capture
Kim Jong-un praised North Korean soldiers who self-detonated with grenades to avoid capture by Ukrainian forces in Russia's Kursk region, confirming a policy of extreme battlefield measures. Intelligence reports and defector testimonies have highlighted that North Korean troops are instructed to commit suicide rather than be captured.
- Kim Jong Un praises troops who 'self-blasted' to avoid capture by Ukraine
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un praised soldiers who allegedly detonated grenades to commit suicide and avoid capture by Ukrainian forces. The report confirms concerns that North Korean troops are being instructed to use self-destruction methods during combat.
- Kim Jong Un opens memorial for N Korean soldiers killed in Ukraine war
Kim Jong Un and Russian Defence Minister Andrey Belousov unveiled a memorial in Pyongyang commemorating North Korean soldiers killed in the Ukraine war.