Russia not only has the support of North Korean personnel in the conflict it maintains with Ukraine, but has also received military weapons provided by North Korea. This is confirmed by the independent organization Conflict Armament Research (CAR), who defended that the country is employing “irrefutably“North Korean missiles against Ukraine.
The executive director, Jonah Leff, told the UN Security Council this Wednesday that his investigative team detected the presence of remains of at least four North Korean missiles which they recovered in the months of July and August in an area of Ukraine. “Despite nearly two decades of sanctions against the DPRK, it has demonstrated this year its ability to produce and supply ballistic missiles for use against Ukraine in a matter of months,” he explained.
“Through the Central African Republic’s collaborative approach with industry, we have verified that these components found in the remains of weapons systems used against Ukraine derived from supplies from external distributorsmostly based in East Asia,” he added.
On the other hand, as reported The Kyiv Independent, The marks on the remains found suggest that were manufactured this year and set the “first public evidence that missiles were produced in North Korea and then used in Ukraine in a matter of months, not years.”
Ukrainian military intelligence maintains that as of this month Russian forces have launched at least 60 North Korean ballistic missiles. However, The Kremlin continues to deny the shipment of weapons from North Korea.
US military bases in South Korea
Meanwhile, in South Korea, the United States continues to open military bases, several of them just a few kilometers from the border with North Korea. In total, the power has 30 military bases in this country. In fact, It is in this area where its army maintains the country’s largest military base abroad.with the capacity to accommodate more than 41,000 people.
Infographic titled ‘US Bases in South Korea and North Korean Threat’ in Ankara, Türkiye, on December 18, 2024.
Most of these bases were built after the surrender of Japan after World War II and after the Korean War, thanks to the signing of several agreements. signed with the Government of Seoul to confront both its rival neighbor, North Korea, and China.
The conflict between the two Koreas
In 1950, in the middle of the Cold War, the crisis between both countries broke out. While North Korea was supported by powers such as China or the Soviet Union, South Korea was supported by the United States and the UN. In total, Nearly six million people, according to estimates, lost their lives in this war, which concluded three years later after reaching an armistice, although without achieving a peace treaty.
Currently, the one known as ‘The 38th parallel’, Spanning about 4 kilometers wide and 240 km long, it acts as a dividing line separating both nations. Although it is a Demilitarized Zone, it is probably one of the most militarized zones in the world.
