June 30, 2019 seems far away. On that day, then US President Donald Trump visited his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong-un in Panmunjom. An unprecedented event in history.
Four years later, North Korea's opening to the United States and its partners is no longer on the agenda. Another merger is underway; This is evidenced by the meeting between Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin on September 13, 2023 at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia.
Today, cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea could take various forms: anti-Western, of course, but also economic, technological, military.
We explain this in our three-minute video. If you want to know more on this topic, we refer you to the analysis of our correspondent in Tokyo, Philippe Pons.
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