[해외자료] North Korean Troops in Russia: What Are They Doing There?

...this news highlights the cooperation but raises questions about why the world’s third-largest army, which outnumbers its adversary considerably and has been promoting a narrative that it is winning, needs help at this time. The appearance of North Korean forces in Russia points to both a deepening of security cooperation between dictatorships and increasing desperation on the Russian side.

[해외자료] Quick Take: North Korea’s Coverage of Russian War Against Ukraine By: Rachel Minyoung Lee

...6a73bfaaafcff0f49d89c1e325.kcmsf"speechat a Korean People’s Army conference on November 15, Kim Jong Un said the United States was “sustaining their [its] military assistance to Ukraine” and claimed “ the United States and other Western countries are using Ukraine as a shock force in the war against Russia.” This speech was carried for both domestic and external...

[현안분석] Will North Korea Join Russia and China in a Combined Military Exercise? A Game Changer for Northeast Asian Security Architecture

...Interestingly, since the end of the Korean War and a withdrawal of the Chinese Volunteer Forces (CVFs) in the late 1950’s, there has been no single combined military exercises between the Korean People’s Army (KPA), People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and the Russian Army over the seven decades. In 2018, VOSTOK exercise was the first combined exercise between the Russian Army and the PLA in history...