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Fighting in Ukraine war

Why is there nothing about North Korean forces fighting for Russia against Ukraine? This is extremely well reported on and documented.^[1]^[2]^[3] This is the first combat for North Korea since the Korean war and it is on a fairly large scale and intense. They may have taken as many as 1,000 casualties by now and this will surely go up soon. Maxsmart50 (talk) 16:10, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Korean People's Revolutionary Army

Is the Korean People's Revolutionary Army a real unit, and what battles did they participate in? Or is it false and just propaganda or another name for the 6th Division, aka "Kim Il-Sung's Division"? Koreanidentity10000 (talk) 17:52, 26 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There is evidence that Kim Il Sung carried out guerrilla warfare before retreating into the USSR.--Jack Upland (talk) 02:24, 27 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

But is it called Korean People's Revolutionary Army or the 6th Division, aka "Kim Il-Sung's Division"? Koreanidentity10000 (talk) 21:45, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Expenditure figures

I have concerns about the figures cited for nominal expenditure and expenditure as a share of GDP. First of all, the source for the percent GDP links to the same table as the source for the budget, which doesn't store that information. It should be citing this table instead. Second, Wikipedia says that the budget of $2 billion USD is a 2023 figure, but the table cited only goes up to 2018. Third, and most alarmingly, there is no data for North Korea, listed as Korea, North in the table. You can verify that SIPRI does not publish figures for North Korean military expenditure here. From a cursory search, the only places giving concrete numbers are Statista.com (36.32%), the Malaysian newspaper The Sun, which has an article stored on SIPRI's website (15.9% for 2022), the CIA ($7-11 billion, 20-30% from 2010-2020, 16% in 2023), and Janes (15.9% in 2023/2024, 1.47 billion USD).

I believe that there are different counting standards (e.g. SIPRI uses 2017 USD, the CIA doesn't specify, and I didn't find out what Janes was using) Sussusamogus1234 (talk) 15:30, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Korean People's Revolutionary Army" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Korean People's Revolutionary Army has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 December 1 § Korean People's Revolutionary Army until a consensus is reached. _{Piotrus at Hanyang| reply here} 07:20, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/world/asia/north-korea-military-russia-what-to-know.html

[2] ttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/24/have-north-korean-fighters-died-in-the-russia-ukraine-war

[3] ttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2796pdm1lo

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