Designed to deter north korea from launching a war while the united states was involved in fighting against iran or iraq or vice versa the idea helped give form to the department of defense s.
Russia siding with north korea.
The 2017 18 north korea crisis was a period of heightened tension between north korea and the united states throughout 2017 which began when north korea conducted a series of missile and nuclear tests that demonstrated the country s ability to launch ballistic missiles beyond its immediate region and suggested that north korea s nuclear weapons capability was developing at a faster rate.
After kim jong un announced that north korea now has the ability the target anywhere in the world with nuclear capable missiles here is a look at kim jong un s few remaining allies.
Russia north korea trade in 2018 totaled just 34 million a 56 percent decrease from 2017 significantly less than the 2 43 billion between china and north korea in 2018.
North korean leader kim jong un attends a welcome ceremony as he arrives at the railway station in the russian far eastern city of vladivostok russia april 24 2019.
In trump s war with iran u s.
Celebrated cia agent robert baer said president donald trump s siding with north korea and russia is bordering on treason and called for his impeachment.
Cnn s brian todd reports on signs that north korea s kim jong un and russia s vladimir putin are working toward a closer alliance.
Economic ties between russia and north korea which share a narrow land border are similarly beleaguered with trade down for a third year to just 77 million in 2016 according to the russian.
Transactions with china.
Allies are siding with russia and china.