Putin Is About to Travel to North Korea for Talks With Kim Jong Un: Kremlin Source
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches the 2-and-a-half-year mark and Kyiv continues to bolster its relationship with the west, Vladimir Putin is doing so with the east. Reports now indicate he is expected to travel to the DPRK soon. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.
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00:00As Russia's invasion of Ukraine approaches the two-and-a-half-year mark,
00:03and Kiev continues to bolster its relationship with the West, Vladimir Putin is doing so with
00:09the East. Moscow has begun consolidating powers on the Asian continent, strengthening ties both
00:14economically and militarily with the likes of China. However, Vladimir Putin also seems
00:19determined to do the same with North Korea, and now reports indicate he might be traveling there
00:24soon. According to the Russian Vedomosti newspaper, Putin will visit the DPRK soon,
00:29citing Russia's ambassador to North Korea. Part of the visit will be to determine whether
00:33Russia will bring migrant workers from the Korean peninsula, as the war in Ukraine is
00:37straining their labor force. That's because hundreds of thousands of men were conscripted
00:42to fight abroad. Meanwhile, many more thousands fled as to not be involved in Putin's war.
00:47This comes after Kim Jong-un traveled to Russia last fall, where the pair discussed space at the
00:52Vostokny Space Launch Center. At the time, Putin made promises to help the Kim regime build and
00:57launch satellites, something they have since done recently. In return, it is suspected that
01:01North Korea provided military weaponry to Russia's dwindling supply in Ukraine.