[Focus on the Korean Peninsula] A Korean song sung by the Russian Choir... Close relationship between North Korea and Russia

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Ahn Jung-sik, a reporter specializing in North Korea, is here.

[Reporter Ahn Jung-sik, specializing in North Korea: The last 15th was Kim Il-sung's 110th birthday, but birthday celebrations are still going on in North Korea.

An event called 'April Spring Friendship Art Festival' is also being held, where artists from all over the world gather.

The Russian choir took part.

Let's listen to the song sung by the Russian choir for a moment.]

[Ah, our general who misses that name, General Kim Il-sung whose name shines

] called in Korean.

A Russian art troupe who does not speak Korean must have put a lot of effort into singing in Korean.

Not only this.

Let's listen to one more song]

[The great General Kim Jong-un]

[Ahn Jung-shik, reporter specializing in North Korea: This song is called 'Hymn to General Kim Jong-un'.

This song was also sung in Korean.

He showed great sincerity in singing songs praising the Kim Il-sung family in Korean.]

[Reporter Ahn Jung-sik, specializing in North Korea: The North Korean explanation is that 30 countries and 60 organizations participated in this Friendship Art Festival.

He said that he could not come to North Korea directly because of the corona, but participated in the online method by recording video and sending it to North Korea.

The Korean Central News Agency reported on the 14th as a separate article with only the content related to the Russian art troupe.

The report is focused on the participation of Russian art troupes.

According to reports from North Korea, other than the choir I mentioned earlier, other art troupes from Russia also participated, and other art troupes also sang 'Songs of General Kim Il-sung' and 'Songs to Comrade Kim Jong-il'.

[Reporter Ahn Jung-shik, specializing in North Korea: North Korea launched an ICBM-class missile last month and apparently violated the UN resolution, but the international community's sanctions are still not working well.

This is because the US is pushing for a new UN resolution, but China and Russia, which have veto powers in the Security Council, are not in favor.

As North Korea is not a country that thinks about such things as an international image, it seems to be making such a judgment that it is advantageous to strengthen relations with Russia, which has the veto right in the Security Council but listens to the North Korean side clearly.]