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Geopolitics: North Korean soldiers on the Ukrainian front? 5 questions to French specialist Pierre Rigoulot

What is North Korea’s interest in participating in these field battles on a territory that is so far away from it? And what compensation does Pyongyang expect?

“North Korea, as you know, is engaged in a fairly close relationship with Russia. For years China has been (and undoubtedly remains) its protection, its way out of difficulties and ensuring a minimum link with the outside world But for several years, there is no doubt, North Korea has turned to Putin’s Russia, from which it expects, in return for its help, gestures, important gestures. As well on the technological level And we saw it with the North Korean missiles It seems that a certain number of defects have been corrected thanks to the help of a certain number of Russian technicians in recent times. And there is simply food aid. This country is capable of sending hundreds and perhaps thousands of soldiers 8,000 kilometers from home, but we must not forget that this country is hit by no. not famine, but by a shortage of food which the FAO – the UN agency responsible for food and agriculture – spoke about recently. The FAO estimates that 40% of North Koreans do not have enough to eat. They can expect help from Russia, which, of course, has its own difficulties, but 26 million people to help is not much for this enormous country that is Russia.

In summary, there is this technological and food counterpart. And in return for the Russians, there are hundreds of thousands, even millions of shells that were delivered by the North Koreans.”

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