Disir
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This new friendship has already borne fruit: Russia has agreed to forgive about US$10 billion of the US$11 billion by which North Korea was indebted to Russia. The remaining US$1 billion is to be used to invest in North Korean infrastructure. Furthermore, Russia is considering a US$25 billion dollar plan to reconstruct North Korea’s railway system in exchange for Russian investors’ access to North Korean mineral resources.
....With both nations feeling pressure from the world, the partnership between North Korea and Russia is hardly surprising. The alliance appears to be an attempt to balance the pressure placed on the two countries by the West. In particular, it seems that both nations are sending a message to the United States and other Western governments that they have the ability to expand in other areas should the West seek to isolate them through sanctions. How strong, however, will this “friendship” based on mutual external pressures be? What can we expect from a stronger Russia and North Korea?
My Enemy’s Enemy: Analyzing Russia and North Korea’s “Year of Friendship” | Harvard International Review
It's the border. It isn't necessarily a new friendship either. The forgiveness of debt started in.... 2011?
....With both nations feeling pressure from the world, the partnership between North Korea and Russia is hardly surprising. The alliance appears to be an attempt to balance the pressure placed on the two countries by the West. In particular, it seems that both nations are sending a message to the United States and other Western governments that they have the ability to expand in other areas should the West seek to isolate them through sanctions. How strong, however, will this “friendship” based on mutual external pressures be? What can we expect from a stronger Russia and North Korea?
My Enemy’s Enemy: Analyzing Russia and North Korea’s “Year of Friendship” | Harvard International Review
It's the border. It isn't necessarily a new friendship either. The forgiveness of debt started in.... 2011?
