A North Korean defector on why Kim Jong Un has sent troops to Ukraine – podcast | North Korea

When Hyun-Seung Lee He was 17 years old, admitted to the North Korean Army. The food was fundamental and the conditions were weak.

“Most soldiers wash their clothes and were washed in rivers or rivers.

Reports appeared in North Korean soldiers who fought for Russia in Ukraine in October last year. Hyun-Seung Lee, who is currently living as a defective in the USA, believes that they will gain valuable experience from conflict.

Journalist Jean Lee He spent years in North Korea. He says Helen Pidd It is only the last part of the existence of the country’s army in Ukraine and the long relationship between Russia and the “Hermit Kingdom .. The couple discusses the importance of Pyongyang’s rapidly expanding weapons production, the final stage of their relationship with Moscow, and how Kim Jong-un’s ambitions in terms of nuclear weapons, and how the development strengthens a wider autocratic alliance.

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