Thursday Briefing: Russia and North Korea’s Defense Pledge
President Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un revived a Cold War-era mutual defense pledge between Russia and North Korea yesterday.
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President Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un revived a Cold War-era mutual defense pledge between Russia and North Korea yesterday.
North Korea has ratified a landmark defence pact with Russia, state media reported on Tuesday, sealing a deepening security cooperation between the two nations amid Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
The worry is that the entire Korean peninsula could be drawn into a broader conflict.
Clearly, they should, for in today’s globalised world, a change in the security dynamics of one region can have deleterious effects on other regions.
Within a few short weeks, the image of North Korea among the Chinese public has turned from a source of derision into an object of admiration, mainly due to Pyongyang’s decision to send troops to assist Russia in its war against Ukraine.
After Moscow and Pyongyang inked a de facto Mutual Defence Treaty in June 2024, Seoul remarked that it would reconsider the issue of supplying military aid to Kyiv. This is significant because South Korea has held a long-standing policy prohibiting the supply and export of arms to active conflict zones.
Besides, such added strength from Pyongyang would not help Moscow claim a quick victory. It would, however, most certainly make the United States and Europe more determined to provide extra aid to Ukraine, which has been asking for heavy attack weapons to strike deeper into Russia.
MOSCOW (AP) — The upper house of Russian parliament on Wednesday ratified a treaty with North Korea envisioning mutual military assistance, a move that comes as the U.S. has confirmed the deployment of 10,000 North Korean troops to Russia.