China is by far North Korea’s largest trading partner,and the two share a history going back to Beijing’s support of Pyongyang during the 1950-1953 Korean War.
“It shows how advanced their enrichment capability has become and gives greater credibility to their ability to increasing their nuclear weapons arsenals.”
While North Korea sends balloons of putrid rubbish to the south,it is trying to portray a friendly face at the Paris Olympics.
Kim has made two trips to Russia’s Far East since 2019. Putin is now expected to arrive in North Korea on Tuesday for the first time since 2000.
It would be Russian President Vladimir Putin’s first trip to North Korea in more than two decades,after he visited Kim Jong-il – current leader Kim Jong-un’s father – in 2000.
The North Korean leader has declared the South an enemy to be subjugated,through nuclear war if necessary,and has dismantled all agencies dedicated to diplomacy.
The cooperation outlined by the South would mark a new phase of Kim’s assistance for Russian President Vladimir Putin in his war on Ukraine.
Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un has vowed North Korea will launch three new spy satellites,build military drones and boost its nuclear arsenal in 2024.
North Korea said Seoul would be held “wholly accountable” if an irretrievable clash breaks out between the two countries.
South Korea and the US said military co-operation between North Korea and Russia would violate UN sanctions against Pyongyang and there would be a price to pay.
Kim Jong-un does not travel abroad much,having made just seven trips away and twice stepping briefly across the inter-Korean border in his 12 years in power.