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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has praised is country’s troops deployed to support Russia in its war against Ukraine, calling them part of a “heroic army,” according to the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), reported by Channel News Asia on August 21.
Kim “conveyed warm encouragement” to officers and soldiers serving in Russia’s Kursk region, as quoted by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). Intelligence agencies say Pyongyang has dispatched more than 10,000 fighters to the front lines.
“Ours is a heroic army,” Kim said during a meeting with senior military officials in Pyongyang.
“Our army is now doing what it ought to do and what needs to be done. It will do so in the future, too.”he added.
South Korean and Western intelligence assessments indicate that Pyongyang has supplied not only manpower but also artillery shells, missiles, and long-range rocket systems.
Seoul estimates that around 600 North Korean soldiers have been killed and thousands more wounded while fighting in Ukraine.
Earlier, reports emerged that Pyongyang was intensifying its labor exports to Russia in exchange for economic and military support, despite international sanctions prohibiting such practices. Human rights organizations warned that North Korean workers abroad are often subjected to forced labor, with most of their earnings confiscated by the regime in Pyongyang.
