"North Korean soldiers full of parasites. What's really scary is..." A tactic that foreign media paid attention to. [Now News]

North Korea is known to have sent troops to Russia during the war in Ukraine, and foreign media are focusing on the situation and dangers of the North Korean military.

British daily The Times said Saturday that the North Korean military has 1.3 million troops and 7.6 million reservists, making it the world's fourth-largest military force, but internally it lacks the fuel and spare parts needed to operate the equipment.

North Korean soldiers have a lower average height than South Korean soldiers due to poor nutrition, and in the case of soldiers who defected in 2017, the case of parasites in their bodies was also mentioned.

The North Korean military has old-fashioned Soviet-made fighter jets, warships, and submarines, including "Storm Lake" tanks similar to Russia's T-72 tanks, but most of the equipment was considered nothing more than Cold War artifacts.

The Times said such conventional military equipment would not be of much help in the war in Ukraine, but analyzed that North Korea's "asymmetric tactics" could not be ignored.

North Korea is capable of asymmetric tactics using a small number of elite secret units by identifying the weaknesses of the enemy.

In particular, North Korea's special forces could be useful to Russia, The Times noted.

Special forces personnel have the ability to infiltrate the rear of the enemy, attack ports, airports and nuclear power plants, and spread public fear.

South Korea believes that North Korea's special forces are about 200,000 people.

In addition, 3,000 cyber warriors under the North Korean Reconnaissance General Bureau are capable of paralyzing power facilities and weapon systems and disturbing GPS signals through cyberattacks.

Reuters reported that the deployment to Russia is nothing new, citing the precedent of North Korea sending troops to various allies or conducting military cooperation in the past.

North Korea sent about 1,000 troops to the Vietnam War from 1966 to 1972, and also sent 1,500 military advisers to Egypt during the Fourth Middle East War in 1973.

In addition, North Korea has been suspected of cooperating with Iran in the development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, and the Syrian plutonium reactor, which was bombed by Israel in 2007, was reportedly built with North Korea's support.


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