“For the past seven years, Pyongyang has had to pay a high premium for the oil products it needs, as it relied on a complex and expensive network of criminal brokers and mid-sea ship-to-ship transfers,” said Go.

“But now, it appears it has secured a steady supply of oil either at a heavy discount or as direct payment for the munitions it is supplying to Moscow,” he added. “That is going to free up resources for North Korea’s armed forces and its nuclear weapons programme.”

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[–] imnotfromkaliningrad@lemmy.ml 35 points 9 months ago (2 children)

two countries trading on the free market™? imagine the horror! —the us probably

[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 20 points 9 months ago

Oh, but we have a pathological need to smash people we don't like! Of course we don't want the free market because then the free market doesn't need us.

[+] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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[–] Salph@infosec.pub 21 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

You mean the country that the US killed 20% of the population and destroyed all infrastructure of? Then proceeded to sanction to hell because it dared to not be capitalist and allow the US's capitalist class to extract from it?

Every day the US regime — the most warmongering nation in the world that's currently committing a genocide in Palestine right now — survives is a crime against humanity. What has the DPRK done other than trying to survive under the brutal US sanctions that does nothing but harm its working class population?

[–] jackmarxist@hexbear.net 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I wonder what could've caused this?

[–] FuckBigTech347@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 9 months ago

US Imperials about to seethe

[–] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 15 points 9 months ago

juche-rose

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Hope this keeps up and makes US sanctions useless on Cuba and Afganistan too lol

[–] Crikeste@lemm.ee 13 points 9 months ago

Seems there’s a broad trend of America getting its head pushed under the water. It’s a beautiful sight to see.

[–] Arelin@lemmy.zip 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Also Iran. That would be quite the sight. An unhindered Iran might very well bring down the US colony in Palestine and other US proxies in the region.

[–] mindlight@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago (3 children)

So now we have proof that both the sanctions against North Korea and Russia work.

Before the sanctions against Russia there was very little interest from Russia in selling oil to North Korea. Suddenly Russia is all for trading with North Korea even though the Russian economy is booming (at least according to Putin and his friends).

If things were all a-okey in Russia, why would they even bother buying artillery ammunition from North Korea one might wonder.

[–] matcha_addict@lemy.lol 20 points 9 months ago (2 children)

sanctions work

Did not realize the goal of sanctions was to strengthen ties between Russia and north Korea, and provide NK with economic relief.

[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

LoL. What a ridiculous take. The answer is because DPRK, like Ukraine, occupies a buffer zone between Russia and the West. The stronger DPRK is, the safer Russia is, simple as that.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 8 points 9 months ago

I love how all the mainstream western media openly admits that Russian economy is in fact doing fine, and Russia is producing 3x more shells than all of the west combined, but here you are with your galaxy brain take.