"North Korea's poor development and poor ability..."A very arrogant approach" [Y transcript]

■ Host: Anchor Youngsoo Kim and anchor Lee Ha-rin
■ Starring: Yang Wook, a researcher at Asan Institute for Policy Studies,

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◇Anchor> It needs to be checked more. The North Korean military is expected to send between 11,000 and 12,000 troops this year. And there are already reports that about 3,000 people are heading to the front line.

◆ Yang Wook> North Korea's sightings have been confirmed in two or three places, especially near Kursk. So, according to one theory, there are almost 2,000 or more troops. There were rumors that about 1,500 people had come in advance to train, and that about 2,000 troops were being added later to prepare for the deployment. It can be seen as a process in which those troops are deployed forward. The Kursk region itself is of great symbolic importance to Russia, so it was highly predictable that troops would be put first. Because what Putin has been in power since 2000 is that he is the guardian of Russia and the defender of Russia's interests. However, in August this year, the Kursk region and the Russian mainland were occupied for the first time in history. It can be said that we have no choice but to put our efforts into this side because we have to recapture this to go whether we have a ceasefire or an end to the war.

◇ Anchor> The North Korean soldiers who were dispatched have been pointed out that they look too young and small. However, according to the NIS's announcement yesterday, it is correct that the special forces training called the Storm Corps was conducted, and the combat power should not be evaluated too low. What do you think?

◆ Yang Wook> I agree. Because what can only be young is that if the people there are new recruits, it's so possible. For example, it's like this. Doesn't it depend on whether I go to a special unit, a regular infantry unit, or a rejection unit at the start of military service? Perhaps the soldiers in the video that we saw at that time were recruits who were assigned under the Storm Corps. Then, if you listen to the voices that come out from time to time and the voices that control the recruits, you will be very old and you will be able to identify these voices. In the end, that was paid under someone's control. So you can't judge based on that video alone. In particular, you said that you are short, and you are a little small, but that's inevitable for that age group. I think it is too arrogant an approach to evaluate that the overall development is poor throughout the difficult march, so it is impossible to develop only in the state of development and is not elite.



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: Lee Mi-young, editor of the digital news team

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