INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russia has released $9 million in frozen North Korean assets after the isolated country provided Moscow with arms for its war against
Ukraine, The New York Timesreported Tuesday, citing anonymous Western intelligence officials.Pyongyang is under a range of UN and U.S
missiles and ammunition, experts and an unidentified U.S
January that Russia had fired at least one of the missiles in Ukraine the month before.Anonymous U.S
officials told NYT that Pyongyang intends to use the unfrozen money to buy crude oil.At the same time, a North Korean front company
a handful of its allies recognize as an independent state
satellite technology and nuclear-powered submarines in exchange for the arms.Russia may favor financial transactions rather than supplying
officials declined to confirm the specifics of the Russian-North Korean banking arrangements.
