North Korea may get bolder as ties with Russia deepen, say analysts

FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Amur Oblast of the Far East Region, Russia, September 13, 2023 in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency. KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA.//File Photo

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un (right) with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Amur Oblast of the Far East Region, Russia, in September 2023.

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SEOUL – North Korea’s

Jan 14 solid-fuel missile test

hogged the news worldwide, but another event of much, if not greater, significance went under the radar.

That same day, Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui and her delegation departed for a three-day visit to Russia at the invitation of her counterpart Sergei Lavrov.

North Korea may get bolder as ties with Russia deepen, say analysts

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