South Korea could follow North into Russia-Ukraine war
South Korea could follow North into Russia-Ukraine war
South Korea's Defense Ministry also said it will review measures regarding possible supply of lethal weapons to Ukraine.
South Korean media claimed on Monday that Seoul could send military and intelligence personnel to Ukraine after the North dispatched troops to support Russia in the war.
A report said the government and military of South Korea "are reviewing a plan to send an appropriate number of personnel, including intelligence officers [specialized in North Korea] and experts in enemy tactics," to Ukraine, citing a South Korean intelligence official.
South Korean personnel in Ukraine would interrogate or provide interpretation services if North Korean soldiers were captured by Ukrainian forces, the report said. They would also provide Kyiv with information about the North's military tactics, doctrine, and operations.
This has to be the most bizzare proxy war, i have ever heard about.
Two countries with a shared culltural history to go to join a war on the other side of the world, as not to fight in their demilitarized border zone. But unlike in "normal" proxy wars, they both send soldiers.
Unfortunately, all it will take is one of the Korean groups to be responsible for destroying another Korean group in Ukraine for any retaliation to make it's way back to the homeland.
Hell, the story doesn't even need to be real for one of the Korean governments to start lobbing shells over their border.
Honestly, I think this is the plan. It was super weird for NK to actually blow up roads on the border. With that, combined with the timing of them sending troops to Ukraine is even more sus. This probably has more to do with US elections, than anything else.
I wanted to nitpick on the "other side of the world" part and tell you that NK actually shares a border with Russia. But you're actually right, Russia is just that massive that its border with Ukraine might as well be on the other side of the earth.
Pyongyang - Kyiv is 7.700 km. So technically it is only about 1/6 around the earth. From a western European perspective the distances to the west are distorted to be shorter and to the east to be longer. In the perception in my country (Germany) Kyiv moved a lot closer in the past 10 years or so.
I was surprised the other day when i looked it up. Berlin Moscow is about 1.600 km. Berlin Madrid is about 1.800 km.
I've previously said that the conflict is a proxy war between NK and SK, with Russia being NK's proxy, just to trigger vatniks. I feel vindicated.
When NCD memes turn credible again.
Proxies joining a proxies proxy war lol
US: "Good luck, I'm behind seven proxies!"
After WW2, the US were Japan's proxies in the "temporary" division of South Korea, and then against the Democratic result that elected a North Korean as leader of all Korea. Colonized ever since.
Please South Korea send Ukraine more military support.
WWI-style cascade of breakdown of international relations?
Nah. We actually have camps now, not bilateral agreements which form a chain that can actually cascade.
Here's hoping.
I can't wait until the Chinese start sending troops.
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The third world war has begun.
More and more countries are going to align with one of the belligerents, but countries on all continents, including the superpowers, are already involved.
And it's gonna be a clusterfuck:- BRICS now represents more people and more GDP than NATO.
- Turkey will soon be in both.
- Germany is politically split down the middle again.
- Most of Africa is dependent on China now.
- The US are morally bankrupt and don't inspire the world anymore.
- And in 20 years, the climate change migration period will start in full.
Neat!
Wrong, but neat!
And in 20 years, the climate change migration period will start in full.
It already has. Syrian instability started with droughts. The worse of it, is that war will always be a higher priority to oil interests and their captured governments than cooperating on human sustainability.
"Germany is slip" as being Nazi was an inherited trait of Germans lol
Dystopian.
I guarantee NATO has "unofficial" personnel deep in Ukraine. For the Special Forces units, this is the true test to face off against Spetsnaz.
it's unfathomably stupid to think NATO would risk an international war just to beat some Russian ass.
if NATO wanted in the war, NATO would have won the war 10 months ago.
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Very weird choice. They don't have to do this at all.
And Ukraine doesn't need their intelligence officers either. Because it's not like NK has some sort of capable force.
It’s still a very good idea for any country to keep close tabs on an adversary. Complacency never benefits anybody. And the South Koreans will be better at translating, especially when it comes to any slang, regional dialects, etc.
This is a good thing. In practice I imagine the Ukrainians and South Koreans will speak English to each other, which is fine, but sometimes you wonder how much is lost in translation.
No, I think they should make price controls on goods and raise the minimum to $30 per hour