How worrying is a Russia-Kim Jong Un alliance?
BBC NewsMAY 2023
The Spin
Anti-Russia narrative
Any Russian attempt to buy munitions from North Korea violates UN resolutions that ban all arms trade with the isolated country. The US must monitor the deliveries as they could kill Ukrainian civilians, further Russia's illegitimate war, and play a decisive role in the conflict.
Pro-Russia narrative
It's hypocritical to criticize Russia or call its military partnership with North Korea illegal when the US has been sending lethal weapons to Ukraine in a large-scale hybrid war it has unleashed against Moscow. Before warning others, Washington could use some introspection.