The DPRK learned about the death of soldiers in Russia: parents are afraid of their sons - the media

The Ukrainian and South Korean authorities believe that at least 4,000 North Korean soldiers were killed in the battles. And the news was finally reached by the DPRK. In the war of Russia against Ukraine, about 12,000 soldiers from North Korea, whom Kim Jong-in sent to the aid of his Russian colleague-dictator Vladimir Putin. At least 4000 have already died, according to Ukraine and South Korea. Finally, they learned about it in the DPRK. This was reported by journalists of Asia Press.

To communicate with people from North Korea, reporters hand over ordinary Chinese phones. "My mother does not know that I was sent to Russia," said a 19-year-old DPRK soldier after Ukrainian troops were captured in early January 2025. Kim Jong -in soldiers do everything to avoid captivity, the Armed Forces report that they even end up with suicide. Together with desperate attacks "in the forehead", mortality among the North Korean soldiers is very high.

Ukrainian and South Korean authorities estimate the number of 3000-4000 people killed. Information about these victims is now spreading in North Korea. Although Kim Jong -in regime has not officially recognized the departure of his people to Russia and strictly controls relevant information, death news is apparently spreading unofficial channels. "Rumors are spreading that many of our soldiers are dying in Russia.

The information has come from the Front, possibly through South Korean radio programs," the DPRK insider said on January 19. On January 16, the South Korean military used large loudspeakers near the border to convey the news that two North Korean soldiers seized the Armed Forces that there were victims and that the soldiers found pre -death notes. In addition, many people in the southern regions close to South Korea are secretly watching South Korean TV and radio programs.

This indicates that the information about the loss could spread north from the south. It is also likely that the North Korean defectors in South Korea and Japan have spread this information among relatives and acquaintances in the border area of ​​China with the help of illegal Chinese mobile phones. In North Korea, a spring call to the army will begin.

According to the insider, as previous medical examinations, biographical data checks and preferences for accommodation begin, the parents of the sons of conscript age are increasingly worried about their children. "Parents now panic. Now they know not only about the" business trip "to Russia but also about the loss. One of mine sold his house to raise money on a bribe so that his son enters the university rather than went into the army.

Many people There is only one son of families, so parents are horrified, "the insider from North Korea said. According to him, if the army is not avoided, parents try to arrange their sons in the fleet, in the military-air forces or in the security bureau (police), where they will be sent to Russia with less probability. In North Korea, men usually enter the military service at the age of 17 after graduation. Introduction to the university or technical school postpones the call.

"A friend whom his son served in the" assault corps "asked about him and confirmed that he was still in his homeland, not in Russia. According to them. . The "assault corps" is considered an elite North Korean military unit, and South Korean authorities believe that it is a core of forces deployed in Russia. But not everyone is trying to avoid sending to Russia. Some young people, learning about "business trips" to the Russian Federation, voluntarily go to fight for Putin.

"Some reckless boys voluntarily go to the service, stating that they want to visit a foreign country or take part in real fighting. Applications are usually treated by schools, but what will happen next? Students from border regions are likely to not allow you to go," the source said . He also explained what the assault building is. This is not a special forces in the modern sense of the word.

Despite the fact that the fighters of the "assault corps" are special units, they are little different from ordinary soldiers. "There is an opinion in society that they are an elite group that has excellent combat skills and physical strength. And food here is relatively better than in other units.

In the 1990s there were such" privileges "as a guaranteed entry into the Korea Labor Party after Release and opportunity to be recommended for joining the university, " - the insider explained that most of the" assault corps "of the DPRK is made up by young people from peasants and ordinary workers who dream of rising higher on the social ladder.