[뉴스] 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.
[뉴스] 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.
[뉴스] 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] Pyongyang and the World: North Korean Perspectives on International Relations under Kim Jong Il
...through analysis of primary texts produced by the DPRK and additional secondary materials. North Korea’s IR theory includes perspectives that see the state as a basic unit, focus on military capability and conflict, value the importance of ideology, and seek to disclose the unfair nature of the current world order and to build a new world order. The DPRK demands a democratization of international relations...
[학술논문] Moscow Ponders Korea Unification
Throughout the past decade, under both presidents Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev, the Russia’s government policy toward the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) has remained remarkably consistent. Russia has adhered to several integrated key goals, strategies, and tactics in both the security and economic realms. Russian policy makers are eager...
[학술논문] Regional Powers Grapple with North Korea’s New Leader Kim Jong Un
Dealing with the new DPRK leadership has become a vital security issue for the East Asian region. The Korean peninsula represents the one global hotspot where the direct interests of all the Asia-Pacific powers—China, Japan, Russia, and the United States—intersect. The new generation of leaders in Pyongyang, led by Kim Jong Un, has not fundamentally departed from Kim Jong Il’s policies...
[학술논문] Russia's Security Priorities in Northeast Asia
...serious problem to deal with between them. Russia is concerned with situation in North Korea after Kim John Il’s death. Russia will continue an active dialogue with DPRK’s leadership, while developing good neighboring ties and simultaneously encouraging Pyonyang to solve the nuclear issue as nuclear status of DPRK is unacceptable for Russia. Northeast Asia still lacks multilateral organisationto...
[학술논문] Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement between Russia and the DPRK: Striving for a new geopolitical reality on the Korean Peninsula
...national interests of the Russian Federation in the region. This treaty is probably of a transitional nature, aimed at adapting to the transformation of the international order. On the other hand, the text of the agreement sets out specific prospects for expanding and deepening cooperation between the two countries, which can become a significant incentive for the economic development of the DPRK.