Propaganda leaflets dropped by Ukrainian drones over places where North Korean soldiers are hiding or moving in the Kursk region.

As we can see, Ukrainian UAV operators are aiming not only at the heads of DPRK mercenaries, but also at their new phobias - in the form of drones.

At the same time, giving them a choice: to surrender, escape from this horror and get a chance at a new life, or to die ingloriously and inevitably from an FPV drone or cluster munition.

Translation of the inscription: "Don't die in vain! Surrender is the way to survive."

https://t.me/russianocontext/5764

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The year is 2038. Korean-Ukrainian food is a hit new global phenomenon, drawing tourism to the region of "Little Korea" in Ukraine where the sounds of accordion music fills the air and you can pose to have a statuette made. The people live in peace since they defected from the Russian invaders en masse.

[–] Juigi@lemm.ee 12 points 6 days ago

I dont know but north korea openly sending their troops to help russians seems a bit unfair. EU time to wake up!

[–] WorldsDumbestMan 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Bad choice for fanatics. Can't they drop something that makes it obvious how their regime abused them, then offer them better living conditions?

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 5 points 6 days ago

you always start by dislodging who will be easiest to dislodge: youthful critical thinkers who |aybe think this is all a sham. i agree that this is imperfect messaging, but i also presume some discussion went into that north koreans have almost zero media literacy for anything outside north korea by design, so you have to start with something that looks familiar to all of them to start getting the more pliable minds across the battle lines and start talking about what could work

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Kim asks you to surrender!

[–] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 109 points 1 week ago (3 children)

They should say "We have food, liquor and porn".

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Attach one of those magic deserting cookies to it (c.f the koreean whi defected because if 1 cookie).

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 43 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yeah, but Zelenskyy poops out of his butt. Gross.

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

I have never LOLed so hard at a comment so stupid. 07

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[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 81 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is a very good example of something that i identify as 100% propaganda but still agree with. Dont die in vain, surrender. Another pointless fucking massacre russia started.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 51 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Dont die in vain, surrender.

They won't. The ones with families will likely rather die than surrender and I'd bet my cat that they only picked North Koreans with families. "Treacherous" North Koreans will have their entire families put in death camps.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kin_punishment#North_Korea

[–] potentiallynotfelix@lemmy.fish 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

How will the NK govt know they surrendered and that they didn't just go missing, get obliterated by an explosive, or something else?

[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago

Ummm.... they get their picture on the news? https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjdek713d0xo

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago

True, but if your squad dies and there's no one to account for you, get the fuck out. No one will know you aren't one of the mangled corpses. Start new, and live.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Inb4 the tankies denying that such a thing exists.

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[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well now i dont just want kim to die but i want him to suffer a horrible death

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (3 children)

up to eight generations

extends to children born in prison

So there's like some kids being born on those camps who get told they're they're because great-great-great-great-great-grandpa was a political enemy of the government.

I lean not yet three aren't, because NK isn't that old yet, but...

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[–] Kaput@lemmy.world 59 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I like that they used the old Communist style of esthetic to make it relatable to the Korean. Wonder what the art style is called

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 42 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Socialist Realism?

[–] 000999@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago

That stuff is huge over there. They have art factories for producing these collosal bronze sculptures in the style

[–] TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 week ago

I was gonna say brutalist stencil style

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[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 42 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I think the should also drop usb sticks with libraries full of basic facts that NK soldiers may have never seen.

Perhaps occasionally a cheap e-reader as well. Can't inform them when theyre in NK, but now that they're there and youre already dropping leaflets, might be useful to try to deprogram them as well.

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee -1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I hate this attitude of superiority like they don't know what the fuck's going on. They're living it, bro.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

What the fuck have you've been smoking?

https://www.nknews.org/2020/03/ask-a-north-korean-how-much-do-north-koreans-know-about-the-outside-world/

North Koreans have very limited knowledge of the outside world. They're not entirely ignorant of it.

But remember that less than 100 years ago Europe was manipulated with hateful propaganda to the extent it was.

Remember that even currently, with access to free interet, there are people who still refuse basic facts like the Earth not being flat.

And you don't think North Koreans may have been manipulated into thinking that we aren't actually "free western democracies", but evil monsters who rape babies while lying about "respecting human rights".

Like it is exceedingly fucking arrogant of you to assume that because "they're living it bro" that they knows what's going on. Like saying that if a woman is in a relationship where she gets beaten and raped that they chose to do that and that "they'd know where to get help if they wanted it."

What the fuck is wrong in dropping in information about the basic tenets of what we westerners claim to base our values on; valuing human rights in general, freedom, equal rights, democracy?

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 33 points 1 week ago (13 children)

libraries full of ~~basic facts~~ porn

Perhaps occasionally ~~a cheap e-reader~~ 50 gallon drums of hard alcohol.

If they don't get seduced into surrendering, they have a higher chance of getting caught with their pants down.. Regardless, I see it as a great way to cause confusion and disorder, anyway.

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[–] perestroika@lemm.ee 40 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Sadly, they are not proper merceneries. A mercenary fights for money, but those guys probably know their families will be repressed if they surrender.

If I was the developer of the propaganda leaflet, I would add one sentence (after double-checking with a competent social engineer):

"you get a new identity, at home they will think you died"

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 4 points 6 days ago

AFAIK Russia doesn't count their dead soldiers very carefully so it is quite likely that they will label everyone as dead when they go missing.

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Have any North Korean soldiers surrendered or allowed themselves to be taken prisoner? I recall that there was a heavily wounded soldier who was captured but later died of his wounds, but I haven't heard about any other such incidents.

[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 2 points 6 days ago

The first two were just captured alive.

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 31 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I believe most of em are so effectively brainwashed/family threatened that they put a grenade under their chin.

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[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Imagine traveling to another country to help the invading force try to capture it...

[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

One of the captured NK soldiers said he thought he was going to Russia for training.

[–] Acemod@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

As far as I'm currently aware the NK meat shields are only deployed in the Kursk Oblast.

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[–] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

Oof these are genuinely terryfying looking images, pretty effective propaganda

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 week ago

I like the artstyle

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Where can I get the t-shirt?

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