Kim Jong Un delivered a statement supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine and expressed full support for the Russian government and people.
Putin and Kim Jong Un signed a mutual defense pact on June 19, 2024.
Putin expressed support for North Korea's stance on international obligations and called for a review of UN Security Council sanctions against the country.
The agreement calls for mutual assistance in the event of aggression against either country.
The signing ceremony was held at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang. Putin gifted Kim a new limousine made by Russian luxury car maker Aurus.
Putin and Kim Jong Un, the leaders of Russia and North Korea respectively, signed a mutual defense pact on June 19, 2024. The agreement calls for mutual assistance in the event of aggression against either country. Putin visited Pyongyang to sign the treaty with Kim Jong Un, marking his first visit to North Korea in 24 years.
During their meeting, Putin expressed support for North Korea's stance on international obligations and called for a review of UN Security Council sanctions against the country. In return, Kim Jong Un delivered a statement supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine and expressed full support for the Russian government and people.
The signing ceremony was held at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang. Among the gifts exchanged by the two leaders was a new limousine made by Russian luxury car maker Aurus that Putin gifted Kim. Seoul's Unification Ministry and Foreign Ministry claimed this gift was likely a violation of UNSC resolutions banning the transfer or sale of luxury items to North Korea.
The mutual defense pact between Russia and North Korea is significant as it comes amid growing concerns about North Korea supplying weapons to help with Putin's Ukraine war efforts in exchange for military technology transfers. Such sales would directly contravene UN Security Council sanctions.
Putin's visit to North Korea was his first since the invasion of Ukraine and marks a significant shift in Russia's foreign policy towards the country. The new agreement is expected to deepen ties between the two countries, raising alarms in the West about potential military cooperation and arms transfers.
The text of the agreement was not immediately released after signing.
Putin pledged to help North Korea if it is attacked
The pair signed a new strategic partnership agreement
The comprehensive partnership includes mutual assistance in the event of aggression against one party
Kim described the new alliance as a ‘watershed moment’ in bilateral relations
Putin called joint drills involving US, South Korea and Japan hostile towards North Korea
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Russia and North Korea have ramped up their ties to a 'new level'
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The article contains editorializing and selective reporting. The authors use phrases like 'breakthrough new partnership', 'watershed moment in the development of bilateral relations', and 'significant boost for Kim' to convey a positive tone towards the relationship between Putin and Kim. They also quote Putin stating that joint drills involving the US, South Korea, and Japan are 'hostile' towards North Korea, implying a negative stance on these countries. However, they do not provide any counter-arguments or evidence to support this claim. Additionally, they mention the gift exchange between Putin and Kim but do not disclose that Putin has given Kim an Aurus car twice before.
Putin said joint drills involving the United States, South Korea and Japan were 'hostile' toward North Korea.
The two leaders presented their respective officials and stood together as the Russian national anthem played before riding off standing shoulder to shoulder in an open-top limousine as they smiled and waved to the crowds.
The pair then signed the new strategic partnership to replace previous deals signed in 1961, 2000 and 2001, according to Russian state news agency TASS.
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The authors use inflammatory rhetoric by describing US policy towards North Korea as 'confrontational' and joint drills as 'hostile'. They also make a dichotomous depiction of the situation by presenting Putin's visit to North Korea as a positive development, while implying that the US is causing tension on the Korean Peninsula.
The pair then signed the new strategic partnership to replace previous deals signed in 1961, 2000 and 2001, according to Russian state news agency TASS. “The comprehensive partnership agreement signed today includes, among other things, the provision of mutual assistance in the event of aggression against one of the parties to this agreement,” Putin said after the meeting.
Putin was met with exuberant celebrations at a welcome ceremony with his counterpart at Kim Il Sung Square in the heart of the North Korean capital, where mounted soldiers, military personnel and children holding balloons cheered against the backdrop of large portraits of the each leader. The two leaders presented their respective officials and stood together as the Russian national anthem played before riding off standing shoulder to shoulder in an open-top limousine as they smiled and waved to the crowds.
The burgeoning relationship has sparked concern in both Seoul and Washington, not only over North Korea’s arms transfers to Russia, but also the prospect of Moscow transferring its superior military technology to aid Pyongyang’s heavily sanctioned weapons program.
Kim voiced his “full support and solidarity with the struggles of the Russian government, military and the people,” pointing specifically to Moscow’s war in Ukraine “to protect its own sovereignty, safety and territorial stability.”
Putin hailed the countries’ ties as based on “equality and mutual respect,” and said an expected new bilateral agreement would “form the basis of relations between the two states for many years to come.”
The landmark visit marks a significant boost for Kim, who remains isolated on the world stage and has not hosted another world leader in his capital since the pandemic.
It comes as tensions remain elevated on the Korean Peninsula, where Kim in recent months has ramped up bellicose language and scrapped a longstanding policy of seeking peaceful reunification with South Korea amid alarm in Pyongyang over tightening coordination between the US, South Korea and Japan.
North Korea state media appeared to play heavily into the close rapport between Kim and Putin, describing them as “exchanging their pent-up innermost thoughts and opened their minds to more surely develop (North Korea-Russia) relations.”
Putin’s trip follows Kim’s landmark visit to Russia last year, where the two leaders were widely seen as opening this new chapter in their relations predicated on Putin’s need for North Korean arms for its ongoing offensive.
Russia has received more than 10,000 shipping containers – the equivalent of 260,000 metric tons of munitions or munitions-related material – from North Korea since September.
Russian forces have also launched at least 10 North Korea-made missiles on Ukraine since September.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a new partnership.
Putin described it as a 'strongest connection between Russia and North Korea since the end of the Cold War.'
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The agreement could mark the strongest connection between Russia and North Korea since the end of the Cold War.
Putin described it as a 'strongest connection'' or 'new level' of partnership
Putin pledged to help North Korea if it is attacked
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The article contains selective reporting as it only reports details that support the author's position of the new partnership between Russia and North Korea being a significant development. The author also uses emotional manipulation by implying that this partnership could spell trouble for President Biden in the election, without providing any evidence to support this claim.
The move also comes after Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a bilateral security agreement last week during the G7 meeting in Italy.
The duo first met in September with Kim visited Russia. The partnership also includes cooperation in political, trade, investment, cultural and humanitarian fields, Putin said. He also noted Russia would not rule out developing military cooperation with North Korea.
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The article contains an appeal to authority fallacy when it states 'The AP noted that North Korea and the former Soviet Union signed a treaty in 1961 that would allow Russia to intervene if the North ever came under an attack.' This statement implies that because The Associated Press reported it, it must be true. However, no evidence is provided to support this claim beyond the report itself.
The AP noted that North Korea and the former Soviet Union signed a treaty in 1961 that would allow Russia to intervene if the North ever came under an attack.
Putin and Kim Jong-un signed a pact for mutual support against 'aggression' on June 19, 2024.
Russia's leader, Vladimir Putin, visited North Korea to sign the agreement with Kim Jong-un.
The text of the agreement was not immediately released after signing.
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Putin may develop military-technical cooperation with North Korea according to the new agreement.
North Korea has provided munitions to Russia in support of its war in Ukraine, and this pact is one of the rewards for those supplies.
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The article contains an appeal to authority when the authors state that 'Washington has said North Korea has provided in recent months to help support Mr. Putin’s war in Ukraine.' This statement implies that the information is trustworthy because it comes from a reputable source (the United States), but it does not provide any evidence or reasoning of their own to support this claim.
Washington has said North Korea has provided in recent months to help support Mr. Putin’s war in Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un signed a mutual aid pact on Wednesday.
Putin thanked Kim for North Korea’s ‘unwavering support’ of the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
North Korea has supplied munitions and other military resources to the Russian military since the beginning of the war against Ukraine. Weapons with North Korean manufacturing marks have been recovered by the Ukrainian military.
The Kim family is the hereditary dictatorship of North Korea and operates under the state ideology of Juche.
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The author, Timothy Nerozzi, makes editorializing statements and engages in sensationalism by using phrases like 'unwavering support' and 'desperation' to describe the actions of Russia and North Korea. He also selectively reports information by focusing on the defensive pact between Russia and North Korea while omitting any mention of potential humanitarian or economic motivations for the agreement.
He added that the U.S. will ‘do everything we can to cut off the support that countries, like Iran and North Korea, are providing.’
Putin thanked Kim on Wednesday for North Korea’s ‘unwavering support’ of the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
Kim has been enthusiastic about building associations with Russia and China in order to build international legitimacy despite his country’s dismal human rights record.
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The author makes an appeal to authority by quoting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's statement about Russia trying to develop relations with countries like North Korea and Iran to continue the war against Ukraine. This does not constitute a logical fallacy on its own, but it can be considered as a potential piece of evidence in an argument that Russia is acting desperate or isolated. However, the author does not use this quote to make a false or misleading claim, so no formal fallacies are identified.
]We’ve seen [Russia] try, in desperation, to develop and to strengthen relations with countries that can provide it with what it needs to continue the war of aggression that it started against Ukraine[.
He added that the U.S. will ‘do everything we can to cut off the support that countries, like Iran and North Korea, are providing.’
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The author expresses bias by siding with Putin and acknowledging North Korea's 'unwavering support' of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He also implies that the U.S. is trying to 'cut off the support' that countries like North Korea are providing to Russia.
He added that the U.S. will ‘do everything we can to cut off the support that countries, like Iran and North Korea, are providing.'
Putin thanked Kim on Wednesday for North Korea’s ‘unwavering support’ of the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
Putin compared Russia’s actions in Ukraine to a ‘gross violation’ of international obligations and called for a review of UN Security Council sanctions against North Korea.
Kim delivered a statement supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and expressed full support for the Russian government and people.
Among the gifts exchanged by the two leaders was a new limousine made by Russian luxury car maker Aurus that Putin gifted Kim, which Seoul’s Unification Ministry and Foreign Ministry claimed was likely a violation of UNSC resolutions banning the transfer or sale of luxury items to North Korea.
Accuracy
Putin pledged to help North Korea if it is attacked
The pair signed a new strategic partnership agreement
Putin described it as a 'watershed moment' in bilateral relations
The agreement calls for mutual assistance in the event of aggression against one party
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The article contains a few inflammatory rhetorics and appeals to authority but no formal or informal fallacies. The author quotes U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's statement as an opposing argument without critically analyzing it, which might mislead readers.
. . . the agreement with efforts by the U.S. and other NATO nations to send long-range weapons and F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine to carry out strikes on Russian territory—and claimed those actions were a “gross violation” of various international obligations.
. . . Putin compared the agreement with efforts by the U.S. and other NATO nations to send long-range weapons and F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine to carry out strikes on Russian territory—and claimed those actions were a “gross violation” of various international obligations.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken commented on Putin’s visit to North Korea and said: “We’ve seen...Russia try, in desperation, to develop and to strengthen relations with countries that can provide it with what it needs to continue the war of aggression that it started against Ukraine...North Korea is providing significant munitions to Russia and other weapons for use in Ukraine...we’ll continue to do everything we can to cut off the support that countries like Iran and North Korea are providing.”
