New world order: Russia, North Korea vow to defend interests as ties deepen

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Russia and North Korea will work towards establishing a new "equal and fair international order" to defend the interests of the two countries, amid efforts to build a united front against Washington's global dominance. The countries will "strengthen strategic and tactical cooperation" and set up "a new multi-polarized international order," North Korea's foreign ministry said, following Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui's meetings with her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow last week. The statement echoes similar efforts by China and Russia for a new world order. Putin "expressed his willingness to visit North Korea at...