Russia’s vast Far Eastern Federal District — nearly seven million square kilometers with just 7.9 million inhabitants — is slipping under the growing influence of China and North Korea, according to a new analysis by Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SZRU).
China and North Korea Slowly Seizing Control of Russia’s Far East Read Post »
In the early 1960s, Soviet engineers arrived quietly in North Korea. Their assignment: to help build a research reactor and train a generation of nuclear scientists at a site that would eventually become synonymous with global anxiety—Yongbyon.
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Passenger trains between North Korea and Russia are set to resume for the first time in years, with direct service from Pyongyang to Moscow beginning on June 17 and to Khabarovsk on June 19, according to Russian Railways. While officially described as a restoration of civilian transport, the move signals the deepening of a strategic and military partnership that has already delivered millions of artillery shells and missiles from Pyongyang to fuel Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Russia Restores Rail Link with North Korea to Cement Wartime Alliance Read Post »
In a stark reflection of the Kremlin’s ongoing ideological embrace of North Korea level information control, Russian schoolchildren will now grow up without learning about Europe. The latest edition of the third-grade textbook The Surrounding World has eliminated all chapters about European countries and their cultural heritage, replacing them with content focused on Russia’s so-called “friendly nations” — including China, North Korea, Belarus, and Kazakhstan.
North Korea has finally confirmed that they are taking part in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, framing the move as a defense against a “Ukrainian invasion” of Russian territory, according to state media reports released on April 27.
North Korea finally admits they are helping Russia invade Ukraine Read Post »
