North Korea has gained over US$20 billion from supporting Russia in Ukraine war
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Wed, 16 Apr 2025 17:23:07 +0300
North Korea has earned over US20 billion through its involvement in Russias war against Ukraine.
Source Newsweek, an American weekly news magazine, citing a report by the Korea Institute for Defence Analyses KIDA Details The majority of North Koreas economic gains came from supplying ammunition to Russia, though it also profited from sending thousands of troops to fight in Ukraine and providing technical support.
However, casualties were heavy, with around 4,000 of the 11,000 North Korean soldiers sent to fight, mostly in Russias Kursk Oblast, reported dead.
The report says North Korea likely prefers inkind and technical assistance from Russia in exchange for its support, including hightech weapons that help bolster its military capabilities and advance its strategic goals.
KIDAs report is accompanied by a separate analysis from Reuters and the Open Source Centre OSC, a UKbased nonprofit specialising in opensource research on global security threats.
The study revealed that North Korea sent over 15,800 containers of munitions to Russia between August 2023 and March 2025.
The OSC and Reuters used satellite and detailed threedimensional imagery to estimate that 64 shipments by four Russian vessels likely carried between 4.2 million and 5.8 million individual munitions from North Korea.
Background In July 2024, Russian coal exporters began supplying fuel to China via North Korea.
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