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North Korea can also gain income and assistance to its missile and nuclear programmes from Russia."
Gabriel Jonsson, associate professor of Korean studies at Stockholm University, told the Guardian And he’s like standing there with his eyes out, like… f**k...He came here and said what the f**k to do with them.”
Another soldier describes meeting the North Koreans We strongly denounce the U.S. hostile act of resorting to reckless military demonstration with its allies, not content with the present political and military tension on the Korean peninsula which is exposed to the danger of a touch-and-go explosion, as a clear threat and a grave provocation to the security of the region,
The ultimate goal for Kim is a revitalized alliance with Russia that helps North Korea catch up its missile program and its nuclear program with those in the West,
Peters told VOA Korean Tuesday on the phone Russia is losing 10,000 soldiers about every 10 days, so this deployment of 10,000 North Korean soldiers will not noticeably change the outcome,
Abrams told VOA Korean via email Wednesday As they were doing their nuclear tests, they would have discovered that some things didn't work,
North Korea will expect a generous payoff from Moscow in return for its troop contribution,
Hwang Joon-kook, South Korean ambassador to the United Nations, said Monday at a United Nations Security Council Briefing on Ukraine The financial benefits from this initial deployment may seem relatively small, but they are comparatively important for North Korea,
Troy Stangarone, director of the Center for Korean History and Public Policy at Wilson Center, told VOA Korean via email Thursday The national security advisers express grave concern over troop deployments" by North Korea in Russia, "potentially for use against Ukraine,
We are looking into reports that the number could be north of that,
We got rations, and as far as I heard those are for the brigade'',
one Russian soldier moaned Seoul) expresses grave concern over Russia's ratification of the Russia-North Korea treaty amidst the ongoing deployment of North Korean troops to Russia,
the South Korean foreign ministry said in a statement I suspect that they will hope that the North Korea-Russia relationship will, as in the past, eventually sour and that the North will again turn to China, which has a much longer tradition of links,
It is worth keeping in mind that North Korea and Russia have not moved closer without China's blessing,
said Havrén, who specializes in China's foreign policy While Pyongyang cannot afford to alienate Beijing, this outcome suggests that North Korea feels increasingly comfortable defying China's wishes, not only by increasing its nuclear and missile provocations in the Indo-Pacific but also by fueling an armed conflict in a different theater at a time when Beijing seeks to portray itself as a potential peacemaker,
Officially, they might not really welcome it, they might see it as an alarming situation,
said Jagannath Panda, head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs There is nothing good for them in this, short or long term,
Victor Cha, a Korea expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, told The New York Times Both are dependent on China and to let them do the public dirty work allows China to continue driving on two wagons simultaneously,
On the Ukraine crisis, China's position is consistent and clear. We hope all parties will promote the deescalation of the situation and strive for a political settlement,
China's U.S. Embassy told Newsweek on Thursday, echoing previous comments made by Lin Jian of Beijing's Foreign Ministry on Thursday On the situation on the Korean Peninsula, we hope that relevant parties will face squarely the crux of the Korean Peninsula issue and play a constructive role for deescalating tensions, advancing dialogue and upholding peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula,