{"id":3230,"date":"2025-04-12T07:14:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T07:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/dont-underestimate-north-korean-troops-in-russia-ex-soldiers-tell-bbc-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-04-12T07:14:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T07:14:24","slug":"dont-underestimate-north-korean-troops-in-russia-ex-soldiers-tell-bbc-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/dont-underestimate-north-korean-troops-in-russia-ex-soldiers-tell-bbc-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t underestimate North Korean troops in Russia, ex-soldiers tell BBC | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BV0epo8OUB4?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\u201cTheir mission is to infiltrate enemy lines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former North Korean soldiers have given their insight on the condition of thousands of troops deployed to the frontline in Russia&#8217;s war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, has reportedly sent around 11,000 troops to help Russian forces reclaim part of its Kursk region taken by Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Washington and Kyiv say the soldiers have now entered the fight &#8220;in significant numbers&#8221; and Seoul says more than a 100 had already been injured or killed.<\/p>\n<p>However, defectors and other military experts have told the BBC these troops should not be underestimated.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#NorthKorea #Russia #BBCNews<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BV0epo8OUB4\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTheir mission is to infiltrate enemy lines.\u201d Former North Korean soldiers have given their insight on the condition of thousands of troops deployed to the frontline in Russia&#8217;s war against Ukraine. The North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, has reportedly sent around 11,000 troops to help Russian forces reclaim part of its Kursk region taken [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":3231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[356,15,169,1748,565,368,1749,354,1750,496,162],"class_list":["post-3230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie","tag-america","tag-bbc","tag-bbc-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-india-news","tag-news","tag-us-news","tag-usa","tag-usa-news","tag-world","tag-world-news","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3230"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3232,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3230\/revisions\/3232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}