The DPRK has purchased horses for $ 600,000 in Russia - The Times

It is reported that journalists analyzed satellite images and found that in 2022, the North Korea army built about 12 new stables on military bases and probably plan to finish another five. The publication is doubted that in North Korea, new equestrian detachments will be created to participate in hostilities. But horses play an important role in the cult of Kim John's personality.

For example, the state media of the country call the leader a young general and often publish photos on which the North Korean dictator rides on a mountain of pect. Kim John's father, Kim Jong Yir, also engaged in horseback riding. Interestingly, there is a horse center in the country - a Mirim Riding Club. It created a separate exposition dedicated to Kim John's hobby and documented all 386 of his riding trips. The only border Russian-North Korean railway crossing Hassan-Tumangan worked in 2013.

It is used to export goods to the port of Rajin. In Dopandemic 2019, more than 50 thousand tons of export goods were sent through this checkpoint. The DPRK was one of the first countries to close the borders in January 2020. At the same time, the COVID-19 infection has not been officially talked in North Korea for two years. Russia continued to supply food and medicines to the North Korean partners by 2021, after which bilateral trade was reduced to almost zero.

In October 2022, the South Korean media wrote that Pyongyang was preparing to open new trade offices across Russia to expand the import of flour and energy. According to journalists, the country imported wheat from the aggressor country in August and Gas in October in exchange for supporting the invasion of Ukraine. We will remind, in the United States it is believed that North Korea supplies ammunition against Ukraine against Ukraine on the side of Russia of mercenaries from the "Wagner group".