Gulf Insider
When the Ukraine war began over four years ago, North Korea only deepened its relations and defense cooperation with Moscow. Later into the conflict, it even sent thousands of troops to assist Russian military and security forces – and an undisclosed number of DPRK troops died or suffered wounds while fighting Ukraine. When it comes to Iran, many pundits assumed Pyongyang might also do something similar in defense of Tehran, give the Middle East nation and fellow ‘rogue’ ally is under US and Israeli bombs; however, there are signs North Korea is actually distancing itself in this case. Seoul’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) sees no evidence that North Korea has sent weapons or supplies to Tehran since since Trump’s Operation Epic Fury began, and is even remaining far away from such a move. Lawmaker Park Sun-won, who attended a closed-door briefing held by the NIS, described Sunday that North Korea is not at all rushing to the Islamic Republic’s aid. This is also consistent with the Kim Jong Un government’s public statements on the crisis, which have by and large been mute: While Iran’s other allies China and Russia have frequently issued statements on the US-Israel war on Iran, North […]
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