Kim Jong Un Hails DPRK–Russia Alliance in New Year Message to Putin

The state-media dispatch underscores Pyongyang’s public alignment with Moscow.

Overview

North Korean state media reported that Kim Jong Un sent a New Year congratulatory telegram to Vladimir Putin on December 27.
In the message, Kim called the DPRK–Russia alliance a precious asset to be inherited forever, portraying the partnership as enduring.
The report was carried via a Beijing-based Kyodo News dispatch and published by Hokkaido Shimbun Digital as a paywalled article.
Kim’s note described the two countries as having forged a true alliance in the same trench, reflecting rhetoric he has used to stress solidarity.
As context noted in coverage, the two governments last year signed a comprehensive strategic partnership treaty that includes mutual assistance provisions.