Russia and North Korea’s military deal formalizes a bustling arms trade. Russian trade data shows how cash-strapped Pyongyang is transporting shipping containers to munitions-hungry Moscow to help it sustain its war against Ukraine.

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1. Paywall? What paywall? Full article text here – [https://archive.ph/j54T4](https://archive.ph/j54T4)

2. And the whole world would be looking at how those containers safely travel from NK to Russia.

3. South Korea – man up and do your shit.

4. Containers full of ancient faulty munitions with 50% error rates.

5. It lets North Korea get rid of those old munitions and build new stuff. Even with the high error rates it’s helping Russia quite a bit. South Korea should go all in for Ukraine now.

6. North Korea’s arms production has never been described as bustling. A system built on slave labor and under duress is not a source of strategic depth for Putin’s woes, they are a sign of Uncle Vova’s desperation and willingness to debase himself under Kim’s table for anything that will stave off the ruin that stalks him.