North Korea Confirms Its Soldiers Choose Self-Destruction Over Capture in Ukraine (xataka.com)

• Kim Jong Un confirms soldiers self-destruct rather than surrender.
• Ukrainian forces documented soldiers detonating grenades to avoid capture.
• North Korea uses the sacrifice as propaganda, building a memorial museum.

"North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has confirmed that his soldiers in Ukraine are instructed to kill themselves rather than be captured. This explains the very low number of North Korean prisoners of war. Ukrainian forces had observed soldiers detonating grenades on themselves. The regime glorifies this as honor and uses it for propaganda. Thousands of North Korean troops have been deployed to support Russia, with heavy casualties."