{"id":618378,"date":"2026-06-14T01:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T01:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=618378"},"modified":"2026-06-14T01:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T01:35:00","slug":"north-korea-rips-fresh-western-criticism-of-expanding-moscow-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=618378","title":{"rendered":"North Korea Rips Fresh Western Criticism Of Expanding Moscow Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">North Korea Rips Fresh Western Criticism Of Expanding Moscow Relationship<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>North Korea fired back on Saturday and lashed out at the Washington-Seoul alliance, tearing into a fresh South Korea-EU joint statement that <strong>condemned Pyongyang&#8217;s deepening military alliance with Russia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea has increasingly over the past acknowledge a significant number of troops sacrificed in support of Russia and in the context of the brutal and grinding Ukraine war.<\/p>\n<p><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/putin-kim-northkorea-russia-toast_0.jpg?itok=gGa8Afgg\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/putin-kim-northkorea-russia-toast_0.jpg?itok=gGa8Afgg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"8ff7416a-b209-49b6-a9c7-bc86e152db37\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"271\" width=\"500\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/putin-kim-northkorea-russia-toast_0.jpg?itok=gGa8Afgg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Western-aligned statement, inked Wednesday during South Korean President Lee Jae Myung&#8217;s high-profile trip to Brussels, took direct aim at the &#8220;illegal military cooperation&#8221; fueling the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We condemn support by third parties, in particular the DPRK, <strong>which enables Russia to sustain its war of aggression against Ukraine<\/strong>,&#8221; the statement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/asia\/east-asia\/north-korea-protests-against-seoul-eu-rebuke-of-russia-ties\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A fully anticipated, North Korea&#8217;s foreign ministry quickly hit back through the state-run Korean Central News Agency, framing its axis with Moscow as a mere &#8220;exercise of sovereign rights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Russia and North Korea under Presidents Putin and Kim have even signed a defense, technology and economic cooperation pact relatively recently.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry didn&#8217;t mince words, calling the joint condemnation a &#8220;clear infringement on the sovereignty of our state and a grave hostile act,&#8221; while pointedly reminding everyone that South Korea remains the North&#8217;s primary<strong> &#8220;enemy state.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pyongyang has of late branded Seoul as Washington&#8217;s <strong>&#8220;favorite dagger&#8221;<\/strong> in alleged grand American plot aimed at &#8220;invading&#8230; the Asian continent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reference was a play on words after General Xavier Brunson, the top American military commander in South Korea, raised eyebrows last month by provocatively describing his host nation as<strong> &#8220;the dagger in the heart of Asia.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Both North Korea and China have seized on Brunson&#8217;s slip of the tongue, painting it as proof of Washington&#8217;s true playbook ofusing Seoul to contain Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>With North Korean leader Kim Jong Un already putting his money where his mouth is &#8211; shipping troops and heavy munitions to bolster Vladimir Putin\u2019s front lines &#8211; the war in Ukraine has slowly been morphing into more than just a EUropean crisis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" lang=\"\" class=\"username\" xml:lang=\"\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Sat, 06\/13\/2026 &#8211; 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