Russia and North Korea signed a mutual defense agreement at a summit in Pyongyang, a significant elevation of their bilateral relationship.
North Korea
Russia’s veto of a U.N. Security Council resolution extending oversight of sanctions on North Korea ends what had been a geopolitical consensus.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has abandoned the country’s long-standing policy of seeking peaceful unification with the South. This substantial change in Pyongyang’s inter-Korean policy should not be regarded as mere bluster or rhetoric. It marks a significant and dangerous shift in North Korea’s posture toward the South.
