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Why Are North Korean Troops in Ukraine Taking Heavy Casualties?

December 23, 2024CHOE SANG-HUNComments Off on Why Are North Korean Troops in Ukraine Taking Heavy Casualties?

The North Korean army is one of the world’s largest.​ As it joins Russia’s war against Ukraine, its soldiers are paying a price for Kim Jong-un’s geopolitical maneuvers.

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Why Are North Korean Troops in Ukraine Taking Heavy Casualties?

December 23, 2024CHOE SANG-HUNComments Off on Why Are North Korean Troops in Ukraine Taking Heavy Casualties?

The North Korean army is one of the world’s largest.​ As it joins Russia’s war against Ukraine, its soldiers are paying a price for Kim Jong-un’s geopolitical maneuvers.

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Why Are North Korean Troops in Ukraine Taking Heavy Casualties?

December 23, 2024December 23, 2024CHOE SANG-HUNComments Off on Why Are North Korean Troops in Ukraine Taking Heavy Casualties?

The North Korean army is one of the world’s largest.​ As it joins Russia’s war against Ukraine, its soldiers are paying a price for Kim Jong-un’s geopolitical maneuvers.

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The Wily Spy Who Risked His Life to Meet North Korea’s Secretive Leader

September 27, 2024CHOE SANG-HUNComments Off on The Wily Spy Who Risked His Life to Meet North Korea’s Secretive Leader

Park Chae-so was so successful in infiltrating the North that Kim Jong-il, the enigmatic ruler, once gifted him blueberry wine. So why was the celebrated undercover agent later jailed by South Korea?

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North Korea’s New Must-Have Accessory: The Kim Jong-un Pin

July 2, 2024July 2, 2024CHOE SANG-HUNComments Off on North Korea’s New Must-Have Accessory: The Kim Jong-un Pin

With the introduction of the pin, Mr. Kim is said to be elevating his personality cult to the level once reserved for his father and grandfather.

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Kim Ki-Nam, Chief Propagandist in North Korea for Decades, Dies

May 8, 2024CHOE SANG-HUNComments Off on Kim Ki-Nam, Chief Propagandist in North Korea for Decades, Dies

Mr. Kim, who served under all three generations of the country’s ruling family, was likened to Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Germany’s propaganda minister.

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What We Know About Kim Jong-un’s Bulletproof Train

September 11, 2023September 12, 2023Choe Sang-Hun and Russell GoldmanComments Off on What We Know About Kim Jong-un’s Bulletproof Train

Heading to Russia to meet with President Vladimir Putin, the North Korean leader chose to travel by rail, on a train with some unusual features.

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Kim Jong-un Resurfaces, State Media Says, After Weeks of Health Rumors

May 1, 2020May 2, 2020CHOE SANG-HUNComments Off on Kim Jong-un Resurfaces, State Media Says, After Weeks of Health Rumors

The North Korean leader was said to have visited a factory on Friday, after a series of unsubstantiated news reports suggested that he was gravely ill.

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Kim Jong-un Orders ‘Shabby’ South Korean Hotels in Resort Town Destroyed

October 23, 2019October 23, 2019CHOE SANG-HUNComments Off on Kim Jong-un Orders ‘Shabby’ South Korean Hotels in Resort Town Destroyed

The North Korean leader has been pushing the South to restart a joint tourism project that once made money for his regime.

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North Korea Last Hosted a Chinese President in 2005. Here’s How It Went.

June 19, 2019CHOE SANG-HUNComments Off on North Korea Last Hosted a Chinese President in 2005. Here’s How It Went.

North Korea’s nuclear ambitions were very much in the news during the 2005 visit. They still are.

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