Moscow and Pyongyang, a timeline of relations
North Korea is looking to warm relations with Russia, once its closest ally (AFP Photo/STR)/ North Korea's close relationship with the Soviet Union cooled in the 1990s under a new Russian power, but were revived in the 2000s as Moscow sought support amid a new standoff with the West. As Kim Jong Un meets President Vladimir Putin for the first time, here is a broad overview. At the end of World War II, the Soviet Union was given trusteeship of the northern half of the Korean peninsula, the United States having the same for the south. Moscow ...
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