DPRK-RUSSIAN RAPPROCHEMENT AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR KOREAN SECURITY
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This article explores the reestablishment of normal state-tostate relations between Pyongyang and Moscow and its implications for peace and security of the Korean peninsula. This research begins with a historical overview of the process leading to DPRK-Russian rapprochement. It then discusses the new friendship treaty between Russia and North Korea, DPRK-Russian military relations, and Russia’s position on North Korean nuclear and missile issues. In conclusion, this article analyzes the implications of the Pyongyang-Moscow rapprochement for Korean security. Russia wants to maintain a balanced relationship with the two Koreas, while separating politics and economics. Russia’s even-handed approach toward the two Koreas thus will be most visible in political relations, and Moscow will continue to lean toward Seoul in economic and military cooperation. Pyongyang-Moscow military cooperation may intensify if they share a common threat or enemy.
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This article explores the reestablishment of normal state-tostate relations between Pyongyang and Moscow and its implications for peace and security of the Korean peninsula. This research begins with a historical overview of the process leading to DPRK-Russian rapprochement. It then discusses the new friendship treaty between Russia and North Korea, DPRK-Russian military relations, and Russia’s position on North Korean nuclear and missile issues. In conclusion, this article analyzes the implications of the Pyongyang-Moscow rapprochement for Korean security. Russia wants to maintain a balanced relationship with the two Koreas, while separating politics and economics. Russia’s even-handed approach toward the two Koreas thus will be most visible in political relations, and Moscow will continue to lean toward Seoul in economic and military cooperation. Pyongyang-Moscow military cooperation may intensify if they share a common threat or enemy.