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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: d[-_-]b who wrote (1504928)1/2/2025 2:17:49 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) of 1585083
 
I'm sure you must have seen this news by now, Eric. But in case you haven't:

Ukraine forces release diary of dead North Korean soldier; expose chilling details (Times of India)
The diary also reveals deep loyalty to North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un. Gyeong wrote of his past “betrayal” of the party and how the military gave him a second chance. His entries express a willingness to sacrifice his life for his homeland and leader.
Several things are clear to me now:

- The DPRK troops themselves are NOT gaining any experience whatsoever. Instead, they seem to be political prisoners who were sent to die in PooTin's war of choice.

- If anyone is farming XP, it's the DPRK officers who were sent to watch their own soldiers die.

- This particular cannon fodder didn't say exactly what his "crime" against the Party was. I bet he was caught watching some smuggled K-dramas or K-pop videos.

- The diary entry was clearly coerced and meant to be "discovered" on his cold, dead body.

Tenchusatsu

P.S. - Here's a photo of one of the DPRK soldiers who was captured by Ukraine. Clearly North Korea isn't sending their best ...

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