Summary
South Korea’s National Intelligence Service reports that 300 North Korean troops have died and 2,700 were injured while fighting for Russia in Ukraine.
Poor training and tactics contributed to high casualties.
Ukraine captured two North Korean soldiers, with President Zelenskyy offering to exchange them for Ukrainians held in Russia.
North Korean troops are reportedly supporting Russia in exchange for nuclear and missile program aid.
Many are poorly prepared and coerced into fighting.
South Korea + US better elevate their threat model of the NK army to “now thoroughly trained by someone who once shot themselves in the leg”
No training in the world can prepare someone for getting shot at, let alone actually getting shot, even if it’s by yourself.
That’s not even getting into how this may very well set the tone for the next decade or two of future war
Destroying drones is an insanely useful skill for them to take back to NK. And Ukraine is using a shitton of drones, so will SK.