North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is being portrayed in South Korea s media as a “mil-deok,” or a person deeply absorbed in all things that are related to military, due to his keen interest in state-of-the-art weapons, as made evident during his recent visit to Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin took advantage of Kim s rare enthusiasm regarding nuclear-capable weapons to warn off countries like South Korea, which are siding with Ukraine in the prolonged war against Russia, according to an expert on Russia-North Korea relations.
The recent burgeoning military cooperation between North Korea and Russia has sparked concerns about the potential transfer of nuclear weapons technologies from Moscow to Pyongyang.