Not like they have a choice. If they’re captured in Ukraine, they’re usually sent back home. If they’re sent back home, they and/or their families are killed by the State.
Either they were completely brainwashed or they were afraid of what would happen to their families if they failed to follow orders. You hear the same thing over and over from North Korean defectors about why North Koreans are willing to do things like that.
Likely brain washed. Article mentions two soldiers that were captured and unable to blow themselves up. They said they regret not being able to fully their duty, but Kim is still calling them heroes because they were too injured to carry it out.
The article mentions, IIRC that 6,000 of them died and only two were captured. Given there are so many soldiers, it’s likely that some of them had different motives, considering what you hear from NK defectors.
Two North Koreans were captured and are being held as prisoners of war in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. Both had tried to blew themselves up but had been unable to do so because of their severe injuries. One of them has expressed guilt at his failure to carry out orders, it is understood.
There seems to be some basic miscommunication here. Your quote has nothing to do with the point I made. Either I made the point badly, or you read my comment badly, but either way, I don’t think I’m going to spend more time on this.
Because of your sacrifice there is now more to eat
According to South Korean and Ukrainian officials, more than 6,000 North Koreans were killed in intense fighting.
That is only a bit lower then US losses in Iraq and Afghanistan combined…
As reported by Iraq and Afghanistan? Because that would be the equivalent here. How would South Korean officials know anything about the number of North Koreans killed at the border between Russia and Ukraine?
I suspect that SK has quite the intelligence apparatus when it comes to keeping an eye on citizens of NK.
Why do you think that? DPRK has exactly the kind of system that is almost impossible to establish and maintain deep infiltration of.
