What to Know About Latest Russia-North Korea Alliance

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🗓️ 31 October 2024

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Russia and North Korea have a long history of partnership, but it is unclear if the relationship “is a true alliance or more a marriage of convenience,” according to Bruce Klingner, a senior research fellow in the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation. “The longer it goes on, it seems a bit more of an alliance,” Klingner says. “The two leaders, [Vladimir] Putin and Kim [Jong Un], signed a strategic partnership agreement earlier this year where they pledged to help defend each other, and Putin has sort of cited that as a reason for justifying North Korean troops being there because they're defending Russia against attacks by not only Ukraine, but he claims NATO,” Klingner explains. The Pentagon announced Monday that North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to aid in Russia’s fight against Ukraine. In exchange for troops, Klingner says North Korea is receiving “funding, getting cash, both direct and indirectly, likely food deliveries, fuel deliveries, and what is particularly worrisome is concerns that it may also be getting military technology.” Klingner joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss the relationship between Russia and North Korea and what the two countries' latest partnership means for the war in Ukraine.

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Thursday, October 31st. I'm Virginia Allen.
0:11.2	Earlier this week, the Pentagon announced that North Korea has sent an estimated 10,000
0:19.4	troops to Russia to aid in Russia's war against Ukraine. So what exactly is North Korea receiving from this,
0:27.3	from sending their men to Russia to fight? And what does this development mean for the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine,
0:36.0	and does it signal a new willingness for aggression from North Korea? Bruce Klinger is a senior research fellow in the Asian
0:46.0	Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation and he joins us in just a moment to
0:49.9	answer those questions and more. Stay tuned for our conversation after this. Ukraine, what is this deal with the border?
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1:38.2	Bruce Klinger, Senior Research Fellow in the Asian Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation joins us now.
1:43.6	Bruce, thanks so much for being here.
1:45.0	Well, thanks for having me.
1:47.0	Well, I want to begin with this news that we received on Monday from the Pentagon that
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