North Korean troops in Russia suffer heavy casualties
The World
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4.6 • 884 Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2024
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
US officials say Russia has deployed some 8,000 North Koreans in the Kursk region, the border area where Ukrainian forces seized Russian territory in a surprise attack over the summer. But there may be far fewer troops returning home than Pyongyang expected. Also, journalists use fake Tinder profiles to identify and follow the movements of hundreds of soldiers in Europe, including many Americans. And, a look into the growing phenomenon of countries repressing dissidents beyond their own borders, including a NATO ally of the US: Turkey. Plus, Host Marco Werman puts his knowledge of Africa to the test in a trivia game.
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| 0:00.0 | America's War on Terror after 9-11 has become a playbook for other countries. |
| 0:10.1 | We built an architecture of counter-terrorism, where states in a way get to call whomever they like a terrorist. |
| 0:17.1 | I'm Marco Wurman today, how authoritarian governments are using those tactics to crush dissent. |
| 0:22.6 | And what it means that North Koreans are fighting for Russia. |
| 0:25.9 | Now Putin arguably needs Kim as much as Kim needs Putin. |
| 0:30.7 | Also why Tinder could be a national security risk. |
| 0:33.8 | Even the Russians and the Chinese are actively warning their military personnel. If they are |
| 0:38.8 | approached by someone through a dating app, it could very well be a spy. And a new trivia game |
| 0:44.2 | tests how much Americans know about Africa. What city is Africa's IT hub commonly known as Silicon |
| 0:50.8 | Savannah? Get ready to ring in today, here on the world. |
| 0:58.3 | This is the world. I'm Marco Wurman. Thank you for tuning in this Thursday. |
| 1:02.3 | We start today in the Kursk region of Russia, where North Korean troops are fighting shoulder to shoulder with Russians. |
| 1:08.1 | That's according to Ukrainian and U.S. officials. |
| 1:10.6 | Today, officials in South Korea |
| 1:12.2 | said at least 100 North Koreans had died in combat with another 1,000 injured. The world's |
| 1:18.0 | Daniel Offman starts us off digging into the wartime relationship between Russia and North Korea. |
| 1:23.6 | Earlier this week, Ukrainian President Volodomir Zelenskyy said that North Korean troops are fighting alongside Russian soldiers in the Kursk region. |
| 1:33.2 | He said that, quote, there are many details about the destruction of these forces. |
| 1:38.3 | The Russians are trying to hideous to the Middle Koreans. |
| 1:42.3 | The Russians are trying to keep uptrakow Ukraine and our |
| 1:46.0 | Rosians are trying to conceal the losses of North Koreans, Zolensky said. |
| 1:52.0 | He then blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for bringing North Korea into the war |
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