Papering the record for appeal.
November 7, 2024
Thursday
Pentagon responds to claims North Korean troops in Russia ‘gorging on pornography’ (independent.co.uk)
¶Major Dietz’s comments followed the claim made by the Financial Times’ chief foreign affairs columnist Gideon Rachman, who wrote on X: “A usually reliable source tells me that the North Korean soldiers who have deployed to Russia have never had unfettered access to the internet before. As a result, they are gorging on pornography.”
¶I wonder when the first defections will occur.
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