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South Korea could follow North into Russia-Ukraine war (www.newsweek.com)

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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.

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[-] Saleh@feddit.org 25 points 13 hours ago

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.

[-] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

It’s also worth mentioning that the Russian/Korean border is tucked into the farthest corner of China’s border. So any travel from the DPRK to places like Moscow or Ukraine is a pretty long, circuitous route.

[-] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 10 points 6 hours ago

This dumb American is all for moving to the same units as the rest of the world. I would even agree to reordering the way we write dates. But not using a . where a comma belongs is a hill I will die on.

[-] Saleh@feddit.org 2 points 6 hours ago

I didnt think about that. Because of programming stuff i mostly use a decimal dot, but still end up using the . as 1,000 partitioner too.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago

Hitler could have marched to Madrid. The weather might have been better.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 4 points 8 hours ago

They were involved in the Spanish Civil War before the war. It was similar to Ukraine in that it became a proxy war for nations to test out new equipment and doctrines, although they also sent soldiers who got field experience.

[-] Saleh@feddit.org 4 points 10 hours ago

I would think he was always welcome there, given that he helped Franco rise to power

[-] Pancito@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Fucking 48 degrees in summer.

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