Assessing Rumors about the Tactics and Morale of Korean Soldiers in Ukraine

January 15 (DPRK ISG Information Bureau - RSTV)
http://redstartv.org/blog/2024-12-19-1164

Since the world media are actively spreading rumors about the tactics of the DPRK armed forces in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, we are publishing a commentary by Comrade Vladimir Khrustalev (2nd Military Expert of the Scientific Department of the DPRK ISG).

The full text of the commentary follows below:

"I have studied the materials of official Ukrainian and pro-Ukrainian propaganda. This system of theses looks very strange.

They say that the readiness of Korean soldiers to carry out any orders, almost always choosing death over surrender is like “madness”, “totalitarian zombification”, etc.

Strange. In specialized literature (including English-language literature), this is usually called differently: high moral and volitional qualities of personnel, “high morality”, well-organized work on the education and indoctrination of personnel, etc.

By the way, Ukrainian and pro-Ukrainian propaganda about the topic of "DPRK military in the Kursk region" is just some kind of wild advertising of the Korean People's Army.

What is really going on there and who is there in reality is a separate issue. But let's look at the figures that are openly declared by official sources in the media and what follows from them.

Kyiv and Seoul declare 3 prisoners, 300 dead, 2,700 wounded (including minors) on the Korean side for the entire time. In general, such nice round numbers look suspicious...

Moreover: according to their data, 1 prisoner per 100 dead and 900 wounded. I emphasize that this is according to the statistics they published.

And all three declared prisoners are wounded. And one of the three, according to their own statements, died from his wounds.

Well, it turns out that Kyiv and Seoul officially (!) claim that in order for a DPRK military man to be captured, about 1,000 (!) of his colleagues must be incapacitated during combat. And only then will someone out of the 900 wounded possibly be captured. And in such a state that he may even die.

The mortality rate from wounds among those declared captured, according to Kyiv and Seoul, is about 33%.

Oh yeah. Of the allegedly wounded prisoners, 50%, even in captivity and even on enemy camera, allegedly want to go home to the DPRK.

It turns out that according to Kiev and Seoul propaganda, the KPA has downright brilliant stamina, endurance, loyalty, stability, etc.

Sorry, but so far this all looks like a cool advertisement for the effectiveness of the KPA Political Directorate, and not accusatory propaganda..."

Friendly Advice to Danish Authorities

January 28 (DPRK ISG Information Bureau - RSTV)
http://redstartv.org/blog/2024-12-19-1170

In connection with the recent tensions between the US and Denmark, members of the hostile NATO bloc, due to Trump's attempts to impose the annexation of Greenland, Vladimir Khrustalev (2nd Military Expert of the Scientific Department of the DPRK ISG) published the following comment.

"Many people on the Internet are wondering what Copenhagen should do with Trump's rhetoric and how to reliably keep the US from doing something like that.

I'll give you some advice, for free. I'm a kind person.

First, put some of your missiles with nuclear charges on high alert and target them at US bases and the capitals of their allies for a possible attack within a radius of 1,300 km.

Second, conduct a demonstration of strength and determination. For example, exercises with the launch of ballistic missiles at a distance to US targets in the region. Missile launches directly over an island ally of the US should also be carried out. England will do!

Third, use rhetoric in the style of "risk your health, Donald."

Fourth, to increase persuasiveness, you can test an intercontinental ballistic missile. Test it successfully, of course.

Fifth, conduct a test of a thermonuclear charge of hundreds of kilotons. To remove all questions.

Sixthly, directly inform that if no one gets it, then the Danish authorities can test a thermonuclear charge of several megatons in the Atlantic.

The DPRK managed to calm Trump down in 2017. Why isn't that an option for Denmark?"

[생중계|livestream] 2025.1.29 조선중앙방송위원회 / DPRK Central Television and Radio Broadcast
— Korean Central Television (KCTV), Korean Central Broadcasting (KCBS) and Voice of Korea (VOK) on January 29, 2025 —

❗️ 조선로동당 중앙위원회 제8기 제30차 비서국 확대회의는 강철같은 규률의 반석우에 투쟁하는 당,전진하는 당의 영원한 생명력이 있다는 철리를 다시금 각인시키였으며 인민대중제일주의를 존재방식으로,당풍으로 하는 우리 당의 본태와 성격을 더욱 뚜렷이 하고 전투적위력을 백방으로 강화해나가는데서 중대한 의의를 가지는 정치적계기로 된다.
The 30th Enlarged Meeting of the Secretariat of the Eighth WPK Central Committee highlighted once again the immutable truth that the eternal vitality of the struggling and advancing Party lies on the iron discipline. And it serves as a political occasion of great significance in further clarifying the original features and character of the WPK which maintains the people-first principle as its mode of existence and its trait and in increasing its militant might in every way.

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