North Korea and Russia Strengthen Strategic Alliance Amid Global Tensions

Putin Plans to Visit Pyongyang as Kim Jong Un Abandons Peaceful Reunification with South Korea

North Korea and Russia are strengthening their strategic and tactical cooperation, with Russian President Vladimir Putin expressing his intention to visit Pyongyang soon, according to North Korea's state media.
North Korea's Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui recently met with Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, where they discussed defending the core interests of their countries and establishing a 'new multi-polarized international order.'
Both countries have denied allegations by the U.S. and South Korea of North Korean arms transfers to Russia, amid international concerns about potential arms cooperation.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has abandoned the long-standing goal of peaceful reunification with South Korea, ordering a rewrite of the North's constitution to identify the South as its most hostile foreign adversary.
Amid escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula, North Korea has been conducting weapons tests and military demonstrations, while the U.S., South Korea, and Japan have responded by strengthening their combined military exercises.