From Moscow to Pyongyang: How North Korea broke with Soviets and embraced China
The DPRK used the Korean War to start playing its allies off each other, a strategy it still employs to this day
A golden statue of Kim Il Sung at a metro station in Pyongyang | Image: Eric Lafforgue (Sept. 2011)
Editor’s note: This is the second article in a multipart series examining the history of North Korea’s relationship with the Soviet Union and Russia and what it reveals about bilateral ties today.
Editor’s note: This is the second article in a multipart series examining the history of North Korea’s relationship with the Soviet Union and Russia and what it reveals about bilateral ties today.
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