North Korea Receiving Surface-To-Air Systems From Russia, Seoul Says

Kim Jong Un

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says he is keen to modernize the country's military equipment.

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Russia has supplied North Korea with surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems alongside oil and other help in exchange for more than 10,000 troops sent to the frontline of the Ukraine War, according to a senior South Korean official. “It is understood that North Korea has been provided with related...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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