North Korean Reds Racing Ammo to Russia in Return for Food for Starving Koreans, Worrying Washington — and Beijing

Russia is eclipsing Communist China as Pyongyang’s main source of agricultural products.

Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin pool via AP
President Putin and North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, at the Vostochny cosmodrome in the far eastern Amur region of Russia, September 13, 2023. Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin pool via AP

While North Korea rescues Russia from its Ukrainian quagmire with millions of artillery shells and other munitions, Russia is rescuing the North with massive shipments of food for the North’s hungry people. The closer ties between Moscow and Pyongyang are causing consternation not only at Washington, but Beijing, too.

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