Putin in North Korea: Forging ties with Pariah state

Putin North Korea summit Kim Jong-un, despite US warnings.

First Pyongyang visit since 2000, grand welcome banners, flags.

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Sign deals strengthening ties after the Ukraine invasion by Russia.

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Kim supports Russia's war, and Putin praises NK's sanctions defiance.

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US/SK: NK supplied Russia missiles, and munitions for Ukraine.

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Putin seeks alternative trade mechanisms bypassing Western sanctions.

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The US is concerned about the implications of Ukraine, and Korean peninsula security tensions.

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NATO: Putin "dependent" authoritarian allies like Kim Jong-un

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Potential strategic partnership treaty, outlining security cooperation, arms deals

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