<figure id="attachment_409447" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1280px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-409447"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="766b2ad3"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/01/5a792d0be1eab6f2c750ff349bf69502.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-409447" class="wp-caption-text">North Korean soldiers captured by Ukrainian troops. They are rarely taken prisoner and are forced to commit suicide (courtesy of the Ukrainian government; some photos have been processed).</figcaption></figure>
“Kim Jong-Un!”
The soldier then exploded a grenade in front of his face and attempted to commit suicide.
On January 13, South Korea&#8217;s National Intelligence Service revealed the current status of North Korean soldiers who have been incorporated into the Russian military. What was made public was an unbelievable battle scene in Ukraine.
About 11,000 North Korean soldiers have been dispatched to Ukraine. The majority of them are deployed in the heavily contested area of Kursk Oblast in southwestern Russia, where the Ukrainian army is continuing its cross-border attacks. The inside story is extremely tragic. There is no tank or missile support by the Russian military, they are just repeatedly assaulting with guns. I have heard that some of the troops are being deployed as human bomb detectors in areas where numerous mines are buried.
A Ukrainian soldier interviewed by Radio Free Asia described North Korean soldiers as repeatedly assaulting like zombies. They are reckless and incomprehensible. The number of casualties has only increased. More than 300 people have died so far. The number of wounded exceeds 2,700. In fact, less than 30% of the total number of people have been killed or injured.
<h2>Some bodies have had their faces burned off</h2>
According to South Korea&#8217;s National Intelligence Service, a note was found in the possession of a North Korean soldier. According to South Korea&#8217;s National Intelligence Service, a memo was found in the possession of a North Korean soldier, in which he urged the soldier to commit suicide before being taken prisoner.
As mentioned at the beginning of this article, there have been many cases of injured North Korean soldiers blowing themselves up by detonating hand grenades in front of their faces. Several bodies have been found with their faces burned off by flammable liquid and their identities obscured.
Why would the Korean People&#8217;s Army force North Korean soldiers dispatched to Ukraine to commit suicide? Mr. Shinichi Hen, editor-in-chief of &#8220;Korea Report&#8221; and an expert on the internal affairs of North Korea, explains.
“North Korea has been forcing its agents and troops overseas to commit suicide. The agents and soldiers are brainwashed and educated to blow themselves up if they are wounded and about to be taken prisoner. Ukrainian President Zelensky has revealed that only two North Korean soldiers have been captured (as of January 20), a small number compared to the more than 3,000 casualties. This shows how many soldiers are trying to commit suicide before they become prisoners of war.
North Korea has not acknowledged the fact that it has deployed to the Ukrainian front. The biggest reason for this is probably the claim that it has continued to make. Whenever the U.S. has attacked Vietnam, Iraq, or other countries, North Korea has vehemently denounced it as the arrogance of a great power. However, this time, if North Korea is complicit in a war by Russia, it will expose the contradiction in this claim. Fearing that the presence of North Korean soldiers on the Ukrainian front would be revealed, they are forcing them to commit suicide and burning the faces of their dead so that their identities will not be revealed.&#8221;
Using the logic of his own country, he strictly orders soldiers on the front lines to take their own lives. North Korean soldiers continue to engage in desperate fighting on the Ukrainian front.

 Ukraine Military/REX/Afro

 The desperate reality of North Korean soldiers dispatched to the Ukrainian front has been revealed. If they are about to be captured, they blow up a grenade in front of their faces. They are forced to commit suicide. Why do North Korean soldiers take their own lives? An expert explains the special background.

North Korean Soldiers Forced to Commit Suicide After Violent Assault by Russian Troops

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