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Updated · Yonhap News Agency · May 7
North Korean residents visit memorial museum for troops killed in Ukraine war
Updated
Updated · Yonhap News Agency · May 7

North Korean residents visit memorial museum for troops killed in Ukraine war

10 articles · Updated · Yonhap News Agency · May 7
  • About 232,000 people nationwide visited the Pyongyang museum in the 10 days after it opened on 26 April, according to KCNA.
  • The Memorial Museum of Combat Feats at the Overseas Military Operations honours North Korean troops who died while fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine.
  • The site has also drawn scrutiny abroad, with a recent BBC analysis of the memorial estimating about 2,300 North Korean military deaths in the war.
Is Pyongyang's new memorial an honor for fallen soldiers or propaganda to justify future deployments?
How will Russian technology, paid for with thousands of lives, transform North Korea's military capabilities?
With a new pact and bridge, is the North Korea-Russia axis becoming a permanent threat in Asia?