Pyongyang Says It Will Send Troops to Ukraine Within a Month

I don’t want to see anybody get hurt. Those North Koreans should maybe just stay home.
- A month from now: entire North Korean brigade defects to Ukraine in exchange for extra helpings of borscht
  
  Shit they will probably defect for a regular serving of Borscht
  
  And plov!
  
  Yeah, they defect and they get theirs entire families moved to concentration camps... if they even get that far.
  
  Borscht is fucking amazing, and I would defect to Ukraine for regular servings of it.
  Not really, but I do love well-made borscht.
- 🤔
  I mean I don't want them to fight, but I'm pretty sure they're not safe home either.

The Ukrainians should just fire back with delicious food and free visas for defectors.
- You joke, but i bet that it would be at least somewhat effective.

Update: South Korea says it will send actual, meaningful numbers of troops into Pyongyang within thirty-one days, bringing a formal end to conflict on the Korean Peninsula.
/s but you know they’re thinking about it.
- Doesn't NK have one of the biggest standing armies in the world? I figured they could toss some troops into the blender and not care.
  Also doesn't NK have a nuke? They'd definitely detonate one if they were invaded.
  
  do they have a nuke that works?
- I do feel guilty but that is what I wish would happen. Mostly for the sake of the people of NK. But some people would die on both sides...

Does this count as a world war yet?
- Its possible the keg is done being packed and we're watching the fuse dwindle
  
  Do we know the locations of all Austro-Hungarian princes?
- My bets have been on Taiwan being the flashpoint for well over a year now. Standing firm.
  And my bet is and has been "before Christmas of 2024."
  
  Especially if there's "voting irregularities" or Trump wins outright. The Chinese would definitely take advantage of the confusion.
  
  I thought about that for a long time, and, honestly, it seems that Russia may have stolen China’s thunder there by invading Ukraine. As a result, the whole world (mostly) super-hates and has united against Russia with untold billions of weapons and aid to Ukraine.
  What’s China to think of their Taiwan plan, now? Well, I think it’s obvious by watching what they’re doing, what they’ve been doing.
  Although they’ve become more aggressive in the South China Sea, what with building all their fake islands and atolls in order to claim some sovereignty to the waters. But most of what they’re doing merely amounts to harassment and bullying of surrounding nations. And while there’s been a good amount of somewhat-incendiary talk re: China’s intentions towards Taiwan, they’ve actually done very little to accomplish that goal, as of late. They’re being careful, weighing their options, and proceeding slowly but surely.
  Will Taiwan become the next place invaded? A new flashpoint? I don’t think so, or, at least, not for a while. The Ukraine War, Russia’s almost-collapsed economy, and their need for aid of all kinds has put China into an uncomfortable position, and they seem to be reprioritizing. Also, Taiwan has had a defense buildup for several years, and they’re far more capable of defending themselves than before.
  If China makes any serious move against Taiwan, IMO, it will be a while from now.
  
  China starting it like that had been my firm suspicion for years, but after the past year or so, I've changed my mind. They still could be the ones to trigger it, but there are so many more players now. Russia could start it (or have already done so without us realizing it yet). Israel could start it. China could start it over island territories that they have no legitimate claim over--oh wait, that includes Taiwan.
- I’m still waiting for a star war.

They will die horribly. This is a way for North Korea to purge people. It's fucking disgusting.
- That, or depending on how mistreated they were in North Korea, the soldiers surrender immediately because I'd have to assume Ukrainian prisons/jails/whatever are nowhere near as bad as just living in North Korea.
  
  I believe this is a possibility, esp. considering how openly Ukraine will accept surrenders/defectors. Russia may be a shithole for a lot of people, but Ukraine doesn’t have a huge amount of benefit to offer most Russians (to surrender/defect) compared to North Koreans. Ya, know, aside from the freedom from chattel military slavery… but most in NK have it much worse than Russians, so the appeal would be greater.
- Their military is not what North Korea wants to purge. That's where they actually bother to send food.

Oh good fuckin luck, NK. Not gonna have the border be shared with China when they defect, they've got lots of directions to run to
- There's no reason to think their military would defect. They get fed. It's peasants who want to defect.

Putler running low on cannon fodder?

Oh cool, a bunch of soldiers whos only military experience is goose stepping in front of their glorious leader and filling up balloons with shit to float over South Korea...
They're the global equivalent of the stereotypical trenchcoat wearing, wannabe-nazi bullies that leave flaming bags of shit on people's doorsteps and couldnt spraypaint a swastika if they had a gun to their head.
I hope Kim rations them extra pants, cause given their track record, they're going to be filling up more than balloons.
- I wonder how many just up and desert.

If we have a world war, would they tell us?
By Dawn's Early Light

The military treaty states: “In the event that any one of the two sides is put in a state of war by an armed invasion from an individual state or several states, the other side shall provide military and other assistance with all means in its possession without delay.”
Okay. And that hasn't happened.

Fkn lol

Here's my prediction:
Russia send the NK troops forwards in human waves, mostly under armed with all of the rusty waves. The NK troops surrender when given the chance. Russia waits for the surrendering NK troops to get the Ukrainian troops out of cover and then opens up with artillery and FPV drones on both the Ukrainian troops and NK defectors.