{"id":2362745,"date":"2024-11-01T12:00:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T16:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-vows-to-support-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-01T12:01:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T16:01:27","slug":"north-korea-vows-to-support-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-vows-to-support-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea vows to support Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnorth-korea-vows-to-support-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2362745&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>North Korea has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Russia in its ongoing invasion of \u200bUkraine, as declared by Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui alongside\u200c Russian Minister Sergey Lavrov \u2062in Moscow. Choe emphasized that North Korea \u2062will stand firmly with \u200bRussia &#8220;until victory day&#8221; and expressed confidence in Russian President\u200b Vladimir Putin\u2019s leadership. This statement comes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abbott-says-texas-residents-with-utility-bill-spikes-should-be-protected\/\" title=\"Abbott Says Texas Residents With Utility Bill Spikes Should Be Protected\">amidst reports<\/a> that around 8,000 \u200cNorth Korean soldiers are set to be deployed to the Kursk region,\u2062 currently occupied by\u2063 Ukraine. While\u200c both Choe and\u200c Lavrov did not directly comment on the deployment\u2064 of these troops, their statements reflect a deepening alliance\u200d between the two nations. U.S. officials\u200c have raised concerns \u2063over the\u2062 potential involvement of North Korean forces in\u2064 the conflict, warning\u200d that they could be seen \u200das legitimate military\u2062 targets.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">North Korea vows to support Russia until victory in its &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kim-jong-un-meets-with-putin-celebrates-russias-sacred-invasion-of-ukraine\/\" title=\"Kim Jong Un meets Putin, praises Russia&#039;s &#039;sacred&#039; Ukraine invasion.\">sacred struggle<\/a>&rsquo; invading Ukraine<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1837458\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/north-korea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">North Korean<\/a> Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui told the Russian press that Supreme Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kim-jong-un\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kim Jong Un&rsquo;s <\/a>regime will stand by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Russia\">Russia<\/a> throughout its invasion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Ukraine\">Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Choe spoke alongside Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Friday, during which she vowed the North Korean people will &ldquo;always stand firmly by our Russian comrades until victory day,&rdquo; according to a translation from the<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/2024\/11\/01\/north-korea-says-it-will-stand-by-russia-until-victory-over-ukraine-a86878\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Moscow Times<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>South Korea, the United States, the United Nations, and Ukraine have corroborated intelligence reports that approximately 8,000 Korean People&rsquo;s Army personnel are set to move into the Kursk region, which is currently under occupation by the Ukrainian military.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-arrested-for-alleged-bomb-threats-in-pittsburgh\/\" title=\"Man arrested for alleged bomb threats in Pittsburgh\">photo released<\/a> by Russian Foreign Ministry press service on Nov. 1, 2024, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (right) and North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui (left) attend an unveiling ceremony of the plaque to mark Kim Il Sung&rsquo;s 1949 visit to the USSR at Yaroslavsky railway terminal in Moscow. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Choe and Lavrov avoided explicitly addressing reports of the mobilized North Korean soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have no doubt whatsoever that under the wise leadership of the honorable Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Russian army and people will surely achieve a great victory in their sacred struggle to defend the sovereign rights and security of their state,&rdquo; Choe said, according to the translation.<\/p>\n<p>Lavrov thanked Choe and expressed gratitude to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Russia&rsquo;s<\/a> &ldquo;Korean friends&rdquo; for maintaining a &ldquo;principled position on the events that have unfolded in Ukraine.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/antony-blinken\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Antony Blinken<\/a> and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin were joined by their South Korean counterparts on Thursday for a conference in Washington to address concerns about the Korean People&rsquo;s Army joining the conflict.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this photo provided by the North Korean government, combatants are seen at a training base of the special operation units of the Korean People&rsquo;s Army in the western area of North Korea on Oct. 2, 2024. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. The Korean-language watermark on the image, as provided by the source, says, &ldquo;KCNA,&rdquo; which is the abbreviation for the Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The group of officials warned that North Korean soldiers risk becoming &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">legitimate military targets&#038;rdquo<\/a>; but failed to provide any indication of how or if the U.S. and South Korea would take direct action.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/volodymyr-zelensky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> is warning his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-viral-x-image-does-not-show-israeli-settlers-trying-to-tear-palestinian-child-apart\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Viral X Image Does Not Show Israeli Settlers Trying To Tear Palestinian Child Apart\">country&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s Western allies that there has not been sufficient backlash against the unprecedented military cooperation between Russia and the North Korean regime.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with South Korean channel KBS released on Thursday, Zelensky warned that Russia is using the North Korean military presence near Kursk to test the reaction of NATO and other international alliances.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky talks with Ukrainian journalists in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 21, 2024. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;If there is nothing &mdash; and I think that the reaction to this is nothing, it has been zero &mdash; then the number of North Korean troops on our border will be increased,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1837458\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1837458\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea pledges unwavering support for Russia in Ukraine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3468,"featured_media":2362746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/AP24306422371708.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[10889,32109,4280,6991],"class_list":["post-2362745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-invasion","tag-north-korea","tag-russia","tag-ukraine"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/AP24306422371708.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2362745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2362746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2362745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2362745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2362745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}