"In case of emergency, Russian troops are also possible"...What's the decisive reason for North Korea-China 'ideal airflow'? [Y Record]

■ Host: Anchor Jang Won-seok and Anchor Yoon Bori
■ Starring: Cho Han-beom, chair researcher at the Korea Institute for Unification,

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◇ Anchor> North Korea and Russia also held a summit in Pyongyang. These days, North Korea has become much closer to Russia than to China, what do you think is the reason?

◆ Cho Han-beom> After all, from North Korea's point of view, after the war in Ukraine broke out, North Korea unilaterally supports Russia. So, North Korea is the only country that explicitly provides military support. So the Russian War increased North Korea's strategic value. Relations between North Korea and Russia quickly became close as they were unilaterally dependent on China and found an exit called Russia.

Relatively, China's influence on North Korea is reduced, so the relationship between the two countries is creaking. Crucially, the North Korea-China alliance treaty has been alive. In case of emergency in North Korea, only Chinese troops were allowed to enter North Korea, but Russia was also allowed to enter the North Korea-Russia Treaty this June. This has definitely hurt China's feelings. This is because China's goal is to secure influence over North Korea in case of ignorance, to occupy North Korea, or to create a satellite state, but it was blocked by Russia.

As a result, there is a significant conflict between the two sides, and the current conflict between North Korea and China is difficult to resolve overnight.

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: Lee Sun Digital News Team Editor

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