{"id":165132,"date":"2026-09-14T20:38:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T18:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/165132-north-koreas-kim-pledges-invariable-support-in-putin-letter.html"},"modified":"2026-09-14T20:38:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T18:38:02","slug":"north-koreas-kim-pledges-invariable-support-in-putin-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/165132-north-koreas-kim-pledges-invariable-support-in-putin-letter.html","title":{"rendered":"North Korea's Kim pledges 'invariable support' in Putin letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n             North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised his \"invariable support\" for Russia in a letter to President Vladimir Putin, calling Russia's ongoing war \"sacred,\" state media reported Tuesday.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            Since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, North Korea has become a key ally of the Kremlin, sending troops to support Moscow's war effort in return for economic benefits and military technology, analysts say.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            South Korea's spy agency estimated last year that some 2,000 North Korean troops had been killed in the war, while a more recent assessment put the number of North Korean soldiers killed or wounded at around 6,000.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            \"Firmly convincing the victory of the Russian Federation in the present sacred war for defending the security interests of the country and international justice, I promise my invariable support to dear friend you and the fraternal Russian people,\" Kim said in the letter, according to the official Korean Central News Agency on Tuesday.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            \"The will of mine and the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is firm without doubt to expand and deepen the joint work with the Russian Federation in a comprehensive way,\" he said, using the country's official name.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            The letter comes amid speculation that Pyongyang is poised to send more troops to Russia to aid its war effort against Ukraine.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            Kyiv has also said that up to 50,000 North Korean troops are due to deploy to Russia, although it has provided no evidence to back the claim or a timeframe for the deployment.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            In making the claim, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked Seoul to supply air defence systems to protect against Russian missiles, a request that has gone unanswered by the South.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised his \"invariable support\" for Russia in a letter to President Vladimir Putin, calling Russia's ongoing war \"sacred,\" state media reported Tuesday. 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