In Songdo, a city on South Korea’s west coast facing North Korea, soldiers armed with guns are roaming about where ordinary citizens live. This is South Korea’s posture to guard against North Korea’s dispatch of troops to support Russia.
North Korea has already sent 1,500 special forces troops to Russia and will send a total of 12,000 troops, including them, the National Intelligence Service said on the 18th. Video footage has been released showing soldiers who appear to be North Korean soldiers receiving supplies in Russia’s Far East.
Currently, each Russian soldier dispatched to Ukraine receives between $3,000 to $5,000, but if the North Korean military receives a corresponding price, it will be of great help to the North Korean economy. Additionally, the North Korean military can modernize North Korea’s outdated weapons system by accumulating actual combat experience and securing data.
North Korea and Russia are trying to take the lead while showing Washington’s incompetence in the run-up to the U.S. presidential election. While the U.S. is losing control over global issues due to the war between Ukraine and Gaza, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is scrambling to lift the missile range against Ukraine, North Korea and Russia are trying to take the lead. If Trump is elected, chances are high that the war in Ukraine will end, the European Union will be further divided, and North Korea will be able to claim itself as a “victory country” along with Russia.
SALLY LEE
US ASIA JOURNAL
