# U.S. intelligence says several thousand North Korean troops are training in eastern Russia **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 24, 2024, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-intelligence-says-several-thousand-north-korean-troops-are-training-in-eastern-russia/1009131 "2024-10-24T05:04:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-intelligence-says-several-thousand-north-korean-troops-are-training-in-eastern-russia/1009131/21 "2024-11-05T19:35:38Z")
Going great so far. > **[North Korean troops 'gun down their own Russian comrades'](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14042437/North-Korean-troops-gun-Russian-comrades-shooting-wrong-direction-latest-frontline-humiliation-Putin.html)** > > A Russian soldier has revealed how North Korean troops sent to aid in Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine gunned down their own comrades after shooting in the wrong direction ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-intelligence-says-several-thousand-north-korean-troops-are-training-in-eastern-russia/1009131/22 "2024-11-06T03:47:18Z")
I don’t think this has been posted yet, but now that North Korean soldiers have free internet access they’ve become obsessed with porn > **[North Korean Soldiers Deployed to Ukraine Reportedly "Gorging" on Uncensored...](https://futurism.com/the-byte/north-korean-soldiers-ukraine-gorging-uncensored-porn)** > > North Korean soldiers are reportedly "gorging" on online pornography on the frontlines in Russia. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-intelligence-says-several-thousand-north-korean-troops-are-training-in-eastern-russia/1009131/23 "2024-11-06T05:00:40Z")
This is my rifle, this is my gun… ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-intelligence-says-several-thousand-north-korean-troops-are-training-in-eastern-russia/1009131/24 "2024-11-06T05:05:53Z")
Why does this NOT surprise me at all? They probably feel like kids in a candy store right now, even if they are in a muddy trench somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-intelligence-says-several-thousand-north-korean-troops-are-training-in-eastern-russia/1009131/25 "2024-11-06T10:16:03Z")
well, duh… The porn shouldn’t surprise anybody. But what really does need to be discussed is: how are the N.Koreans accessing the internet? Are they borrowing a phone for 10 minutes from the Russian soldier next to them in the trench? Or do they have their own smartphones? And , most importantly, can they use their phone to see sites from South Korea? I assume that the only language they speak is Korean. So CNN or BBC won’t tell them much. But seeing a real view of life in South Korean sites will be as shocking to them as porn. But porn is harmless. Learning about the real world, outside of Dear Leader’s Korea, will change their willingness to fight. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-intelligence-says-several-thousand-north-korean-troops-are-training-in-eastern-russia/1009131/26 "2024-11-06T10:48:02Z")
But would get them - and their families back home - into a lot of nasty trouble. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-intelligence-says-several-thousand-north-korean-troops-are-training-in-eastern-russia/1009131/27 "2024-11-06T13:56:35Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > But porn is harmless. Until Ukrainian signals intelligence picks up a concentration of hyperactive 5g cell traffic in one location and bullseyes them with a GMLRS. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-intelligence-says-several-thousand-north-korean-troops-are-training-in-eastern-russia/1009131/28 "2024-11-06T14:18:46Z")
Jesus. My message to these NK troops? Get a grip! ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-intelligence-says-several-thousand-north-korean-troops-are-training-in-eastern-russia/1009131/29 "2024-11-06T14:37:13Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Get a grip! But, you know, not too firm a grip, because chafing is terrible there. I understand, not from personal experience. Second hand, as it were. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-intelligence-says-several-thousand-north-korean-troops-are-training-in-eastern-russia/1009131/30 "2024-11-06T14:42:20Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > Are they borrowing a phone for 10 minutes from the Russian soldier next to them in the trench? 10 minutes? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-intelligence-says-several-thousand-north-korean-troops-are-training-in-eastern-russia/1009131.md?page=1)