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Tribute in Pyongyang: Kim Jong-un Mourns Troops Killed Fighting Ukraine (english.pravda.ru)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And Russia's veto in the UN Security Council has helped undermine the enforcement of sanctions imposed on North Korea. The most astonishing thing is that, in terms of profit/loss, friendship with Russia has proven to be much more beneficial for North Korea than friendship with the US/EU has been for Ukraine.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

than friendship with the US/EU has been for Ukraine.

Having economy crushed by shock therapy, series of comprador governments, biggest human trafficiking source in Europe, people fleeing poverty left and right for 30 years, and finally being proxified into the attrition warfare sets this bar incredibly low though.