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Article thumbnail: TOPSHOT - This picture taken on June 19, 2024 and released on June 20, 2024 from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via KNS shows North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (L) sitting in the passenger seat of a car driven by Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) in the garden of the Kumsusan State Guesthouse in Pyongyang. (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / AFP) / South Korea OUT / ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS THIS PICTURE WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFP CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, LOCATION, DATE AND CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE. / (Photo by STR/KCNA VIA KNS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Why Putin’s North Korea pact is an ominous sign of what’s to come

The agreement shows Mr Putin is extending his reach into the Indo-Pacific region in a bid to complicate matters for the US

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Analysis

North Korea has 50 nuclear weapons - Putin's deal might enable its missiles to hit America

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Crypto, fish and grain: what Putin offers Kim Jong-un

Article thumbnail: In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a welcoming ceremony at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on June 19, 2024. Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in North Korea early on June 19, the Kremlin said, kicking off a visit set to boost defence ties between the two nuclear-armed countries as Moscow pursues its war in Ukraine. (Photo by Gavriil GRIGOROV / POOL / AFP) / -- Editor's note : this image is distributed by the Russian state owned agency Sputnik -- (Photo by GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Putin greeted with hug from Kim as North Korea backs Ukraine war

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North Korea eyes up Russian space tech to enhance its missile threat

Article thumbnail: (FILES) This pool image distributed by Sputnik agency shows Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (L) shaking hands during their meeting at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur region on September 13, 2023, ahead of planned talks that could lead to a weapons deal with Russian President. Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to North Korea on June 18, 2024, in a rare visit that may see Moscow sign a "strategic partnership treaty" with Pyongyang, the Kremlin said. (Photo by Vladimir SMIRNOV / POOL / AFP) (Photo by VLADIMIR SMIRNOV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: (FILES) This pool image distributed by Sputnik agency shows Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (L) shaking hands during their meeting at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur region on September 13, 2023, ahead of planned talks that could lead to a weapons deal with Russian President. Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to North Korea on June 18, 2024, in a rare visit that may see Moscow sign a "strategic partnership treaty" with Pyongyang, the Kremlin said. (Photo by Vladimir SMIRNOV / POOL / AFP) (Photo by VLADIMIR SMIRNOV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA - JUNE 18: (RUSSIA OUT) A picture of Russia's President Vladimir Putin on a billboard is seen on the street on June 18, 2024, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Russian President Vladimir Putin is arriving to North Korea for a two-day visit. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA - JUNE 18: (RUSSIA OUT) A picture of Russia's President Vladimir Putin on a billboard is seen on the street on June 18, 2024, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Russian President Vladimir Putin is arriving to North Korea for a two-day visit. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Russia's President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un visit the Vostochny ??osmodrome in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, September 13, 2023. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. THIS PICTURE WAS PROCESSED BY REUTERS TO ENHANCE QUALITY. AN UNPROCESSED VERSION HAS BEEN PROVIDED SEPARATELY.
Article thumbnail: Russia's President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un visit the Vostochny ??osmodrome in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, September 13, 2023. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. THIS PICTURE WAS PROCESSED BY REUTERS TO ENHANCE QUALITY. AN UNPROCESSED VERSION HAS BEEN PROVIDED SEPARATELY.
Article thumbnail: Royal Navy submarine HMS Victorious departs HMNB Clyde under the Scottish summer sunshine to conduct continuation training. The Royal Navy has operated the UK?s Continuous at Sea Deterrent since 1967 when the first SSBN ? or Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear ? HMS Resolution began patrolling armed with the Polaris missile system. ? Picture: MoD https://www.defenceimagery.mod.uk/
Article thumbnail: Royal Navy submarine HMS Victorious departs HMNB Clyde under the Scottish summer sunshine to conduct continuation training. The Royal Navy has operated the UK?s Continuous at Sea Deterrent since 1967 when the first SSBN ? or Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear ? HMS Resolution began patrolling armed with the Polaris missile system. ? Picture: MoD https://www.defenceimagery.mod.uk/