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This is John Batchelor, a conversation with colleague Greg Skarlattu watching North Korea closely.

The new president of South Korea, President Yi, is said to be a man who's disposed to

appeasing North Korea, working with it in some fashion, entangling his view of his party,

which is decidedly favorable to North Korea, at least no longer opposing it militarily and culturally.

However, Greg expects this to limit President Yi because of the facts on the ground that North Korea is not interested in rapprochement.

And also, it's become an arsenal of the revision of states, Moscow, Beijing, and

Tehran. Here's Greg to explain. Much more of this tonight. Certainly he will have to be mindful of that.

North Korea has made at least $20 billion out of its exportation of millions of artillery shells to Russia, soldiers, special forces from the 11th Army Corps,

11,000, 5,000 more to arrive on the Ukrainian front.

Ballistic missiles, K-23, K&24, North Korea has been a big exporter of missiles to Iran and

Iran's proxies, Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, we see what's happening in the Middle East right now.

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