”Even if the Russia-Ukraine war ends, it will not be easy to restore Korea-Russia relations” - Korea

Even after the war with Ukraine ends, Russia is likely to continue its foreign policy that leverages North Korea, analysts say, suggesting that repairing South Korea-Russia relations may not be as easy as thought.
Hyun Seung-soo, a senior research fellow at the Institute for National Unification, said at the NK Forum held by the Institute for National Security Strategy at The Plaza Hotel in Seoul on the 9th, "Just because the war in Ukraine is over,
"The idea that Russia will abandon North Korea and focus more on South Korea may be a misjudgment," he said during a presentation on the topic of "the implications of a North Korea-Russia alliance and our response."
President Chin also visited North Korea in 2000, when no one was interested. "Until now, we have supported North Korea on a moral basis because we have no intention of confronting the U.S. and the West head-on.
The recent signing of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty between North Korea and Russia was not the result of a short-term convergence of interests between the two countries in the wake of the Ukraine war.
"President Putin is pursuing a strategy to secure his sphere of influence in a multipolar world order, and in the process, North Korea is
Based on this analysis, he predicted that the Korea-Russia alliance, which is based on economic interests, would not be easily restored.
"The more we show interest in improving relations with Russia, the more we feel caught off guard," he said. "We have to forget the past 30 years (of maintaining friendly relations with Russia)."