North Korea's diminishing role in AfricaLim added that North Korea is not receiving as warm a welcome in many African nations as it used to. North Korean troops also trained Ugandan military personnel, including in martial arts, and there have been suggestions that North Korean light weapons were imported into the country. "Immediately after Russia invaded Ukraine last year, North Korea was supportive and now it is supplying artillery shells and other weapons for the war. "A lot of these diplomats enjoyed living abroad and did not want to go back to North Korea, so they defected," Shigemura said. Did German research collaboration aid North Korea's military aims?

Source: The North Africa Journal November 06, 2023 16:11 UTC