Kim Jong Un is embracing Russia for his regime’s survival
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Kim Jong Un is embracing Russia for his regime’s survival

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SEOUL—Kim Jong Un tried peace talks and refrained from testing new weapons to shed North Korea’s status as a pariah state. Officials from the U.S., South Korea and elsewhere also believe Kim has asked Russia for help to improve North Korea’s top weaponry—much of which is based on Soviet-era systems. “It’s North Korea 2.0 that Kim is pursuing," said Paik Woo-yeal, a political science and diplomacy professor at South Korea’s Yonsei University. The Ukraine war is now not only existential for Putin but also Kim, who has bet North Korea’s future on a tighter alliance with Russia, said Victor D. Cha, the Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, in a recent analysis called “Crossing the Rubicon." North Korea’s potential combat role could spur more aid to Ukraine from South Korea, Cha wrote, and lead to long-term consequences for Pyongyang’s relationships in Europe.

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