North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has taken a “gamble” in sending troops to Russia amid the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, a former senior diplomat who defected from Pyongyang last year has said.
Ri Il Gyu, a former counselor at North Korea’s embassy in Cuba, also told Kyodo News in a recent interview that Kim will never abandon the nuclear weapons program, even though it has caused severe financial hardships in his country, and that Pyongyang remains highly interested in economic aid from Japan.
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