[Focus on the Korean Peninsula] Why is North Korea on the side of Russia that the world criticizes?

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Let's talk with Ahn Jung-sik, a reporter specializing in North Korea.

[Ahn Jung-sik/Reporter Ahn Jung-sik / Reporter Ahn Jung-sik: This incident is the fault of the United States and the West, who tried to force NATO to expand to the east, and it is not the fault of Russia.

This position was expressed through a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the 28th of last month, and North Korean ambassador Kim Seong repeated this position at the UN emergency special meeting.

141 countries around the world supported the resolution condemning Russia and only 5 countries opposed it, but North Korea is among these 5 countries.]

[Ahn Jung-sik/Reporter Ahn Jung-sik/Reporter specializing in North Korea: In a situation where the US-China-Mirror confrontation structure is intensifying like now, even if we only strengthen relations with China and Russia, there is no problem in surviving.

Moreover, North Korea has continued to fire missiles this year, strengthening the confrontational structure between North Korea and the United States.

Support from China and Russia is much more important.

Russia is being bullied all over the world right now.

I am being scorned in the world, and if North Korea supports Russia at this time, wouldn't it be remembered in Russia's memory

[Ahn Jung-shik/Reporter Ahn Jung-sik / Reporter specializing in North Korea: From last Saturday to this Monday, that is, from the 26th to the 28th of last month, there was a beginner party secretary contest.

This is the second event after 2016.

In other words, the elementary party is the lower-level subunit of the North Korean party organization.

When there are 5 to 30 party members, a party cell is to be formed, from 31 to 60 members per minute, and when there are more than 61 members, a party cell is to be formed.

Primary party secretaries refer to those in charge of this primary party, that is, front-line officers of the North Korean party organization.

These front-line leaders gathered and held a large-scale meeting, and Kim Jong-un personally attended the opening and closing remarks.

If so, what did you talk about, the report went on for a very long time.

However, if I could summarize it in one word, it would have been very lengthy to say 'Let's work hard'.]

[Ahn Jung-shik/Reporter Ahn Jung-sik / Reporter specializing in North Korea: In addition to this beginner party secretary contest, there has been a lot of training for front-line executives, such as the party cell secretary contest, the city and county party responsible secretary workshop, etc.

Considering this in connection with the strengthening of relations with China and Russia mentioned earlier, it can be said that North Korea's current survival strategy is revealed.

Externally, it seems to be such a strategy, that it strengthens relations with its traditional allies, China and Russia, and internally pushes front-line executives to persevere through self-reliance.

It remains to be seen what will happen in the end, but as the confrontation between the United States and China-Russia has intensified enough to be called a new Cold War, the scope of North Korea's maneuvering is getting wider.]