On the 18th, the National Intelligence Service confirmed North Korea's participation in the Ukraine war, presenting as one of the pieces of evidence a photo of a North Korean soldier taken in Ukraine.
The NIS recently collaborated with Ukrainian intelligence agencies to obtain a photo of a person presumed to be a North Korean soldier active on the frontlines between Ukraine and Russia.
The photo shows an East Asian individual in Russian military uniform sitting side by side with Russian soldiers at a North Korean version of the Iskander missile launch site, known as the 'KN-23,' near the Donetsk region.
When the NIS applied artificial intelligence (AI) facial recognition technology to this individual's photo, the person was identified as a North Korean missile technician who accompanied Chairman Kim Jong-un on a visit to a tactical missile production factory on August 28 of last year.
Running the AI facial recognition technology showed a similarity of over 80% between the two individuals. The NIS explained that this result effectively means they are the same person.
The NIS analyzed, "North Korean missile technicians deployed on the Russia-Ukraine frontlines are supporting the launch of North Korean missiles, and through this, they appear to be identifying technical issues as well as attempting to secure additional technology."
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