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self-detonation policy
Coverage of self-detonation policy 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.