An agreement of historic proportions was signed during the visit of North Korean Foreign Minister Choi Son Hee to Russia.
The two countries have decided to strengthen their already strong military partnership, which extends to the alliance level and now provides for the creation of a front if North Korea and Russia go to war. In this context, Pyongyang sent a strong message to the US by launching an intercontinental ballistic missile that can hit the US mainland.
Pyongyang has committed to supplying Russia with 1,000,000 missiles per year and to transfer an impressive array of artillery, as well as unique KN-25 massive-caliber MLRS missiles. The participation of the North Korean army in the war in Ukraine is also foreseen.
North Korea will open the second front
It is recalled that the North Korean army numbers 1,300,000 soldiers and 4,000,000 front-line reservists, which is in constant readiness.
But what became known on Friday (1/11/2024) surpasses any previous one.
During Choi’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin himself, it was agreed that North Korea would open a second front against the US if it went to war with Russia, since Pyongyang has abandoned its strategy of peaceful reunification with the South. This agreement between North Korea and Putin is an important message to the US.
Generals in the US Pentagon are very concerned about the North Korean military gaining combat experience in Ukraine. This will also radically change the situation on the Korean peninsula. North Korea’s foreign minister expressed confidence that Russia will win the war in Ukraine and emphasized the “invincibility of military cooperation” between the two countries.
Readiness for retaliatory nuclear strike
“We have no doubt that Russia will win the holy war it is fighting. We will stand by our comrades in every way until the final victory. We are increasing our readiness in case a retaliatory nuclear strike is needed,” Choi said in her statement.
No doubt about Russia’s victory
Choi assured her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov that Pyongyang has no doubts about Russia’s victory.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un himself personally instructed Choi to provide all assistance to Russia to prevail in the special military operation.
Concern in the West with the Accord
The agreement between Moscow and Pyongyang is already causing concern in the West. It is the strong response to NATO’s involvement in the Ukraine war from the very beginning of the special military operation in 2022.
NATO with equipment, military and mercenaries tried in every way to save the Ukrainian leadership of Volodymyr Zelensky. Russia’s permanent representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya denounced that the US and its allies are trying to impose on the whole world “the rotten logic that they have the right to help the Zelensky regime, mobilizing for this purpose the entire military potential of NATO, while Russia’s partners are acting like they don’t have the right to do that.”
At the Battle of Kursk the North Korean Army – The Elite Corps – Storm
Korean special forces soon enter the special military operation zone. It is expected that from November North Korean units may begin to carry out active combat missions against Ukraine. According to South Korea, the first contingent to arrive in Russia earlier this month was from North Korea’s 11th Army, an elite infantry unit known as the Storm Corps.
The main objective of the North Korean army, according to some analysts, is to cover the Russian border in the Kursk region after the expulsion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. According to Ukraine, there are about 12 thousand Koreans in the Russian Federation who are already being trained.
This composition includes more than 500 officers, including three generals of the North Korean General Staff. It is worth noting that about 400 Korean soldiers have reportedly already arrived in the western regions of Kursk, Russia.
North Korean soldiers are already participating in the military operation in Russian uniforms
About 3,000 Koreans are already in Kursk. According to Ukrainian sources, since October 20, a group of North Korean military personnel of 40 people is already operating in the area of responsibility of the 11th Airborne Assault Brigade, carrying out reconnaissance missions.
In the near future, it is planned to create several units of 2,000 to 3,000 people, each of which will be equivalent to a Russian motorized regiment. At the same time, the North Korean army will wear Russian uniforms and be armed with Russian weapons.
Message to the US – North Korea has launched an intercontinental ballistic missile
The strong message to the US endorsing North Korea’s deal with Russia came on Thursday (10/31/2024). Pyongyang has fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile in its first test in nearly a year, a weapon designed to threaten the US mainland, just days before the November 5 US election.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the missile test and was at the launch site, calling it “appropriate military action” to show North Korea’s determination to respond to moves by its enemies that have threatened the North’s security, according to with him.
The US, South Korea and Japan had also identified the weapon as an ICBM and condemned the launch as an escalation of tensions. North Korea confirmed the launch hours later.
The US Indo-Pacific Command said the US condemned the test and called on Pyongyang to “refrain from further illegal and destabilizing actions”, but said it was not perceived as an immediate threat.
US National Security Council spokesman Sean Savett called the launch a “blatant violation” of several UN Security Council resolutions, saying it “properly escalates tensions and risks destabilizing the security situation in the region”. North Korea has made strides in its missile technologies in recent years, and this is an undeniable fact that is of great concern to the US.
