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minus-squareMrMakabar@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·6 hours ago 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…
minus-squarefreagle@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·6 hours agoAs 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?
minus-squarefinallymadeanaccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·5 hours agoI suspect that SK has quite the intelligence apparatus when it comes to keeping an eye on citizens of NK.
minus-squarefreagle@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 hours agoWhy do you think that? DPRK has exactly the kind of system that is almost impossible to establish and maintain deep infiltration of.
minus-squarecommiehimbo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·59 minutes agoBecause SK is a puppet state whose military and intelligence are controlled by the US, the most rabidly anti-communist force on the planet.
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.
Because SK is a puppet state whose military and intelligence are controlled by the US, the most rabidly anti-communist force on the planet.