North Korean soldiers in Russia: Were they ever there?

Yep! I think the more-rigorous version of Betteridge's law is: Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by discarding the insinuation in the question.

Dunno mate, but if the quality is that bad the person piloting the drone doesn't know what the fuck either. But I doubt they are broadcasting anything live anyway, they could just download the SIM card when it gets back to base.

With what signal are you going to transmit that detail? You can see the signal is not transmitting everything as-is.

and you aren’t putting 4k cameras on the one-time-use drones that get poor and EWed signal to start with

Nonsense, you get better cameras in the cheapest of cheap mobile phones. The only reason for that kind of quality in this day and age is to deliberately obscure the detail.

You said you wanted more closeups, have more closeups of North Koreans dying for Russia's war: https://lemmy.world/post/25617122

Content warning: combat footage

That's standard for FPV drone videos. Ground interference reduces the signal in the last second, and you aren't putting 4k cameras on the one-time-use drones that get poor and EWed signal to start with. Link one has many faces seen, link two even also has a closeup at 4:27. The interviews are also full of closeups in high res.

You can choose to ignore the combat footage of North Koreans soldiers dying for Russia's invasion of Ukraine, you can ignore the interviews of captured North Koreans in Ukraine, you can ignore the intel reports from the US, Ukraine, and South Korea if you want. You can choose to believe whatever you want.

Ukraine captured and publicly interviewed a pair of them.

Which, as the article states, Ukraine has kept from being interviewed by anyone other than the Ukrainian Presidential Press service.

I don't see any evidence of DPRK soldiers from the grainy videos you've posted. For months now, we've been getting 1080p Ukrainian drone footage of hits on Russians with such clarity that you can make out the soldiers' stubble. Why did this clarity suddenly disappear when Ukrainian and South Korean Intelligence started pushing the idea that DPRK soldiers were actively fighting?

Sure do. Content warning, it's combat footage:

• https://lemmy.world/post/23446652

• https://lemmy.world/post/24198244

• https://lemmy.world/post/24153527

• https://lemmy.world/post/23203717

• https://lemmy.world/post/23214239

• https://lemmy.world/post/23201714

• https://lemmy.world/post/23174477

And here is a link to some interviews of captured North Korean soldiers:

• https://lemmy.world/post/24198441

• https://lemmy.world/post/24493059

Edit: new video with more closeups: https://lemmy.world/post/25617122

There is publicly available combat footage

Got any links?

Ukraine captured and publicly interviewed a pair of them.

There is publicly available combat footage of North Korean assaults beaten back with drones.

The answer is a resounding: yes, they were demonstrably there helping with Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Specifically in the Kursk region.

Looking at the comments, has anyone actually read the article?

A rare occasion where Betteridge does not apply.