This may actually be an easy way for them to defect to the West.
Oleandervine on
Pretty brilliant on the soldiers part. Volunteer to go to war, then abandon ship the moment you’re out of N. Korea so you can hopefully find asylum and live free.
Hydrahta on
North Korea wanted to help an ally, they ended up helping the enemy
xprorangerx on
a whooping 18 soldiers deserted so far
Jeoshua on
If I were living in North Korea, I would volunteer for the Great Leader’s Army and push hard to be sent to the front lines.
… and then desert as quickly as possible. Seems like a really good way to get out, and armed with weaponry, too!
MalevolentNight on
That is brilliant. Just oh yes great leader well go. No the whole family is just down to serve you. Gets weapons and freedom, runs. I wish them well on their dangerous journey.
mishma2005 on
“We’re not going back!”
instafunkpunk on
“Wait,do you are giving me a gun and sending me put if North Korea? No, of course I’ll come back “
Noisebug on
But the article said 18 of them defected, not 10,000 as the headline makes you believe.
Seriously if this news is accurate news would it surprise anyone, Ukrainians are fighting for there country, lives and there families. Everyone else is not.
Hawkwise83 on
Ukraine big dick move: Offer North Koreans asylum if they fight for you instead of Russia.
Jubjars on
Create and advertise a clean pipeline to run from their chaos. Make defection a functional utility from Ukraine.
Give the deserters food, medicine and when rehabilitated give them a forum to talk with human rights groups.
LuckyStar77777 on
Why are they in need of North Korean soldiers? I thought they had like a lot of reservists?
Current-Power-6452 on
Is there a difference between defecting and deserting? Like what’s the point in deserting if you remain in RF?
rickbb80 on
Conscripts, forced to go halfway around the world to fight a war for somebody else, what could possibly go wrong.
Th3TruthIs0utTh3r3 on
Can you honestly think of a better way to get out of North Korea? Free airfare to Ukraine then defect.
daemonicwanderer on
As long as they are in Ukraine controlled territory and not Russian, they should be fine. Russia will send them back to North Korea to shot.
ShemsuHor91 on
That headline is rather misleading, considering it’s only 18 out of the 10,000 who have deserted.
cmlondon13 on
Considering they likely eat better as a Ukrainian POW than they ever did in NK, I imagine quite a few tried to defect.
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Who could have foreseen this?
This may actually be an easy way for them to defect to the West.
Pretty brilliant on the soldiers part. Volunteer to go to war, then abandon ship the moment you’re out of N. Korea so you can hopefully find asylum and live free.
North Korea wanted to help an ally, they ended up helping the enemy
a whooping 18 soldiers deserted so far
If I were living in North Korea, I would volunteer for the Great Leader’s Army and push hard to be sent to the front lines.
… and then desert as quickly as possible. Seems like a really good way to get out, and armed with weaponry, too!
That is brilliant. Just oh yes great leader well go. No the whole family is just down to serve you. Gets weapons and freedom, runs. I wish them well on their dangerous journey.
“We’re not going back!”
“Wait,do you are giving me a gun and sending me put if North Korea? No, of course I’ll come back “
But the article said 18 of them defected, not 10,000 as the headline makes you believe.
[https://www.newsweek.com/north-korean-troops-deserting-ukraine-frontline-hours-after-arrival-report-1969726](https://www.newsweek.com/north-korean-troops-deserting-ukraine-frontline-hours-after-arrival-report-1969726)
Baby steps, gotta start somewhere…
Gotta love the news
Seriously if this news is accurate news would it surprise anyone, Ukrainians are fighting for there country, lives and there families. Everyone else is not.
Ukraine big dick move: Offer North Koreans asylum if they fight for you instead of Russia.
Create and advertise a clean pipeline to run from their chaos. Make defection a functional utility from Ukraine.
Give the deserters food, medicine and when rehabilitated give them a forum to talk with human rights groups.
Why are they in need of North Korean soldiers? I thought they had like a lot of reservists?
Is there a difference between defecting and deserting? Like what’s the point in deserting if you remain in RF?
Conscripts, forced to go halfway around the world to fight a war for somebody else, what could possibly go wrong.
Can you honestly think of a better way to get out of North Korea? Free airfare to Ukraine then defect.
As long as they are in Ukraine controlled territory and not Russian, they should be fine. Russia will send them back to North Korea to shot.
That headline is rather misleading, considering it’s only 18 out of the 10,000 who have deserted.
Considering they likely eat better as a Ukrainian POW than they ever did in NK, I imagine quite a few tried to defect.