INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
North Koreas decision to deploy thousands of soldiers to Ukraines front lines seals Pyongyangs contentious military alliance with Moscow,
professionals informed AFP, and pulls Russia deeper into Korean peninsula security.About 1,500 North Korean special forces soldiers are
already in Russia seasoning, most likely to head to the cutting edge soon, Seouls spy firm said Friday, with thousands more troops set to
depart imminently, Pyongyangs first such deployment overseas.The relocation demonstrates that the military offer signed by North Koreas Kim
Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin in June, which included a shared defense provision, was not just for show
This develops a framework where Russias intervention or military assistance will automatically happen if North Korea is assaulted or faces a
crisis, Hong Min, a senior expert at the Korea Institute for National Unification, informed AFP.The fact that North Korean soldiers will
combat along with Russia in Ukraine shows how strong the Putin-Kim deal really is, Hong said.And the boost of troops from Pyongyang could
help Moscow to hold occupied territories or help in additional territorial gains, he added.North and South Korea remain technically at war
as the 1950 to 1953 dispute ended with an armistice, not a peace offer
But while Kim has built up a nuclear toolbox, Seoul lacks nukes of its own.The South is secured by the so-called U.S
nuclear umbrella and Seoul and Washington routinely perform large-scale joint military drills, which irritate Pyongyang.By sending out
soldiers to Russia, Kim might be intending to create a more integrated North Korean and Russian military deterrent, similar to theÂ
U.S.-South Korea alliance, potentially leading to a considerable shift in the Koreas security characteristics, Hong said.Significant
shiftUkraines state-run Center for Strategic Communication on Friday released a video that purportedly shows North Korean soldiers in what
looks like a Russian military camp preparing to sign up with Moscows war in Ukraine.In the footage, among the soldiers appeared to state
move over to his coworkers with a North Korean accent.Seouls spy firm told AFP that it was inappropriate for them to discuss products
released by another countrys government.Experts stated the implementation offers North Koreas elite soldiers a chance to experience
modern-day warfare and see how the countrys home-grown weaponry â $ which Seoul has long accused Kim of sending out to Russia â $
fares on the battlefield.It might likewise be a bid by Kim to improve his worldwide stature and working out position ahead of the U.S
elections next month, Lee Sang-min, a scientist at Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, informed AFP
One way to draw in worldwide attention by doing something wicked is by sending out troops to support the war in Ukraine, which could
lengthen the dispute or shift it in Russias favor, he said.War economyFor Russia, the advantage of the North Korean deployment is clear,
said Vladimir Tikhonov, professor of Korea research studies at the University of Oslo
Russias main traffic jam is the lack of both military and labor workforce, and North Korea has a great unexplored potential to minimize
both, he informed AFP.Relations in between the two Koreas are at among their lowest points in years, with Kim on Thursday stressing the
nation had actually rejected the unreasonable concept of reunification
Experts stated Pyongyang could also be utilizing Ukraine as a means of straightening its foreign policy.By sending soldiers, North Korea is
placing itself within the Russian war economy as a supplier of weapons, military assistance and labor â $ possibly even bypassing its
conventional ally, neighbor and primary trading partner, China, according to analysts
It means that Pyongyang wont be encouraged to seek enhancements in relations with Japan, South Korea and the U.S., Tikhonov said
It suggests a consistent state of stress on the Korean Peninsula
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