highlighted an uptick in railroad trade between Russia and North Korea over recent months.
"The proliferation of railcars far outnumbers the number required to support the immediate nearby towns indicating a resurgence of railroad traffic between the two countries," the authors Joseph Bermudez Jr., Victor Cha, and Jennifer Jun wrote Friday.
"[T]he use of the Tumangang-Khasan railroad crossing for this arms sale indicates that this border crossing has witnessed a resurgence of strategic trade, sales, and transfer between the two countries," the authors wrote. Russia, for its part, has been under ongoing economic strain from its invasion of Ukraine, and has been scrambling for inventories of munitions to replenish supplies used in Ukraine.
That’s Ok. N Korea doesn’t pay its bills!
Well remember, North Korea has no capital. Or better said it’s starving for cash, their currency basically worthless. N Korea can barter with Russia, trade goods for goods. What Russia needs is not in plentiful supply in N Korea.
Include Iran and u have a new world axis alliance (on a budget).