Kyiv’s project "I Want to Live" calls on North Korean soldiers to surrender to Ukrainian forces in the new video in Korean language, as the first Pyongyang troops have arrived in the combat zone in Russia's border region of Kursk.

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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Anybody who is allowed out of NK will basically have their family held hostage. If you defect, your family goes to the gulag for three generations. These guys will probably rather die than risk that.

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They could just pretend to be KIA and walk away right? It's not like the NK government would have the resources to figure out if they defected or simply died and got a field burial.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

That would require a pretty massive change of the standard procedures in such cases. But I agree it would probably be for the better in this case.

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Probably their easiest way out of NK fairly cleanly if any of them have been thinking about it.

[–] zakobjoa@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I think SK intelligence already reported that NK is rounding up families of deployed soldiers. They said it was to keep potential losses from spreading, but it might as well be a security against defection.

[–] abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.us 15 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

North Korea already has a high defection rate. This ... this is going to do the exact opposite of slowing that down.