By Jaewoo Park

North Korean soldiers who fought alongside Russian troops against Ukraine marched through Kim Il Sung Square on Friday, carrying the flags of Russia and North Korea as part of the Workers’ Party 80th Anniversary celebrations.

The soldiers marched to the Russian patriotic song “To Serve Russia,” a rare and symbolic display of solidarity between Pyongyang and Moscow.

According to estimates, around 2,000 North Korean soldiers were killed while supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine.

And reports say that under a new deployment plan , North Korea recently sent another 1,000 combat engineers to Russia.

Although the event marked the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Workers’ Party, it was also a display of military cooperation between the two countries.

Dmitry Medved

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