• MrMakabar@slrpnk.net
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    2 days ago

    According to South Korean and Ukrainian officials, more than 6,000 North Koreans were killed in intense fighting.

    That is only a bit lower then US losses in Iraq and Afghanistan combined…

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      2 days ago

      As reported by Iraq and Afghanistan? Because that would be the equivalent here. How would South Korean officials know anything about the number of North Koreans killed at the border between Russia and Ukraine?

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          2 days ago

          Why do you think that? DPRK has exactly the kind of system that is almost impossible to establish and maintain deep infiltration of.

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            2 days ago

            Because SK is a puppet state whose military and intelligence are controlled by the US, the most rabidly anti-communist force on the planet.

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                  1 day ago

                  God damn why is it so hard to communicate? The original commenter was that SK had very good intelligence on exactly what was happening in the DPRK. I said that was unlikely because DPRK is likely one of the hardest countries in the world to establish and maintain an embedded intelligence capability within. I never said anything about the DPRK’s intelligence capabilities.