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Kim Jong-un weeps for North Korea’s Ukraine war dead in display of calculated grief

Kim Jong-un weeps for North Korea’s Ukraine war dead in display of calculated grief
world8/25/2025

Analysts say Kim’s tears for fallen soldiers betray a calculated attempt to quell public dissent over mounting casualties in Russia’s war.

For the first time since its founding in 1948, North Korea has openly acknowledged the deaths of its soldiers fighting on foreign soil with a carefully staged ceremony that analysts say betrays supreme leader Kim Jong-un ’s deepening domestic anxieti... [1114 chars]