The first clashes between Ukrainian forces and North Korean troops took place in the Kyiv-controlled Kursk region in Russia on October 25, according to sources available to Jonas Ohman, head of the prominent Lithuanian Blue/Yellow NGO.

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    1 day ago

    You’re very wrong. Those are official phone they can have.

    But there is also a lot of contreband and trafficking across the border. They have all kind of stuff.

    I remember also seeing a documentary that explained that they are also quite aware of what is going on outside. The big difference was the pace at which news travels.

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      Do you happen to remember the name of that documentary? I saw the Vice specials from a really long time ago, but they seem to have gone through a much more controlled experience that wouldn’t see what you describe. Heck, I think what I saw predates smartphones taking over the world.

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        I’ve watched really too many of them, I really can’t remember. It was probably one about the border with China.

        This one is a fascinating documentary about a father in Japan, pro North Korea who sent his 3 sons to live in NK after the war.

        There is another one I enjoyed it’s the episode from the departure (one of my fav travel doc)