The list of North Korean soldiers obtained by Ukra...Kim Youngbok's identity on the top. [Y Record]

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◇ Anchor> In the midst of this, the person in charge of the dispatched North Korean army has been revealed. It means that Kim Young-bok was at the top of the list of North Korean military officials obtained by the Ukrainian military. Chairman Kim Jong-un's closest aide to the military?

◆Hongmin> That's right. In fact, the Korean intelligence authorities and here are also aware of some, but little personal information about Kim Young-bok is known in the information that has been released in general. However, if we infer or infer information from various intelligence authorities to some extent, the 11th Corps was the existing name before it was changed to the name of the 11th Corps, the so-called Special Operations Force. The 11th Corps is known as the Storm Corps and is known as a special warfare unit. It is commonly known that it consists of the best agents. It is generally known that the capabilities of these troops are relatively far superior to other general local forces. He is known to have served as the commander of the corps here. And the promotion speed is very significantly fast. In April 2004, he was promoted to the rank of major general, and on April 15, 2017, he skipped the brigadier general and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general. This is also a promotion to the commander-in-chief order. As such, it is very likely that Chairman Kim Jong-un has considerable trust. And after that, he's very successful. In 2016, as the head of the 11th Army, Kim Jong-un was very present next to him several times, and the 7th Party Congress was held. At the 7th Party Congress in 2016, he is elected as a member of the Party Central Committee. As you all know, the members of the Party Central Committee have entered the executive camp, which is the core of the 250 members. Then, during the 8th Party Congress in 2021, he was also re-elected as a member of the party's central committee, continuing to maintain his considerable status in the party's central committee. And in 2021, he finally entered the General Staff and served as the director of the 2nd Combat Training Bureau. After that, he served as the deputy chief of staff, and in fact, he can be considered a special operational commander in the military. So the image of being seen as the best position when it comes to operating special forces and being favored by Kim Jong-un was the most noticeable this year. This year, Chairman Kim Jong-un reported various training situations by his side and close aides every time he visited a shooting drill or a training base for various special operations purposes in the western part of the country, so it is probably safe for us to classify him as a closest aide.

◇Anchor> Then, what does it mean to send a person favored by Kim Jong-un to the battlefield?

◆Hongmin> I think we can look at the meaning in two main ways. One is that North Korean troops sent now are likely to be basically commanded by Russian forces. As such, if you enter the actual battle area of the front line, you will have no choice but to be under the command of the Russian military, especially as you all know, if you look at the situations in which you changed to Russian military uniforms, it seems that you have the premise that you are basically under the command of the Russian military. Therefore, it is not very likely that Kim Young-bok will actually enter and command the North Korean military with a separate command line. Therefore, it seems that Kim Young-bok may primarily play a role in collecting various information and data on the field and understanding how much combat troops, especially special operation forces, are in battle. Another possibility is that if you have a little bit of rear, a little bit of rear base in Kursk, rather than a little bit of a real force that's going directly into the battlefield, but you can't rule out the possibility that you have the overall command of the Russian military here, but you have the command of a separate stationing mission.



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

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