[외교안보] About 1,000 North Koreans killed fighting Ukraine in Kursk, officials say

Western officials have told the BBC that North Korean troops have already suffered nearly 40% casualties in the fighting in Russia's western Kursk region, in just three months. The officials, who spoke on grounds of anonymity, said that out of the estimated 11,000 troops sent from North Korea, known as DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), 4,000 were battle casualties.

[외교안보] US warns North Korea becoming better prepared for war, fighting against Ukraine

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The United States warned on Wednesday that North Korea is benefiting from its troops fighting alongside Russia against Ukraine, gaining experience that makes Pyongyang "more capable of waging war against its neighbors." Russia has forged closer diplomatic and military ties with North Korea since Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

[해외자료] Russia-DPRK Relations: Strategic Partnership or Opportunistic Alliance?

Europe’s deadliest armed conflict in nearly 80 years has put Russia- DPRK relations into overdrive, with Russia’s need for outside assistance fueling the development of deep military cooperation. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ( DPRK or North Korea) leader Kim Jong Un have established a personal rapport with each other, one driven...

[해외자료] North Korea Tests New Solid ICBM Probably Intended for MIRVs

On October 31, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ( DPRK or North Korea) conducted the initial flight test of the new Hwasong-19 (HS-19) solid-propellant intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Photos show the missile is longer than the North’s first solid ICBM, the Hwasong-18 (HS-18). This explains the increased boost capability shown in the missile’s longer flight time...

[북한] News Record number of North Korean students entered Russia in Q3, data shows

A record number of North Koreans entered Russia in the third quarter this year, the majority on student visas, a development that experts said may be connected to the DPRK’s dispatch of thousands of troops to fight against Ukraine.

[학술논문] Uncertain Prospects for Engagement with the DPRK

...refusal so far to engage include its pandemic lockdown, its apparent belief that it can muddle through its economic crisis without an agreement, its ability to evade sanctions with help from China and Russia, and most fundamentally its determination to continue building up its nuclear and missile capabilities. Despite the highly competitive state of Sino-American relations, the Biden administration should...

[현안분석] Deployment of DPRK Troops to Russia: Implications under International Law

...deployed to Russia’s Kursk region. Most recent estimates show that approximately 10,000 troops were sent to Russia and were likely to engage in combat against Ukraine. Nonetheless, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ( DPRK) has neither publicly acknowledged, nor denied the deployment. In a statement via the DPRK’s news agency, Vice Foreign Minister Kim Jong Gyu of the DPRK rather...

[현안분석] Development of Unification Diplomacy Contents

... three different contexts, Russia’s North Korea initiative and ROK- DPRK- Russia trilateral cooperation initiative; pending issues such as mass migration of North Korean defectors; and diplomacy and security logic. Chapter VI, “Case Analysis of Diplomatic Failure toward Great Powers of Countries Newly Admitted in the International Community,” analyzes...

[현안분석] The Likelihood of China-Russia-North Korea Alliance and South Korea’s Response Strategies

...China- Russia-North Korea Military Cooperation and Solidarity Methods The method of cooperation between China, Russia, and North Korea presents a notable contrast to the trilateral cooperation observed between the Republic of Korea, the United States, and Japan. While the military coordination between the ROK-US-Japan alliance is explicit and direct, the cooperation within the China- Russia- DPRK nexus...

[학위논문] 탈냉전기 남·북·러 전략적 삼각관계 연구

... DPRK and Russia as the overall framework of analysis to understand North Korea’s nuclear program and the overall security order of the Korean peninsula. In the paper, the concept of strategic triangle suggested by Dittmer were altered and applied to various compositions of bilateral relations between ROK, DPRK and Russia. The study included looking at ROK- DPRK, ROK- Russia and DPRK-Russia...