1.China wich is the life source and only one who can curb North korea, but China is in need of North korea as China dosnt want the USA via South korea at its border and so China dose everything to maintain the status of NK. China cant comdem NK
Northkoreas foregin policy,
Most important Nortg korea follows its 주체(Juche) ideologi, wich in short means self-reliance (Independent for itsself) based on historical inavsions by other nations, China,Japan,USA. Causing a genral hostlitiy against US allies.
1.China wich is the life source and only one who can curb North korea, but China is in need of North korea as China dosnt want the USA via South korea at its border and so China dose everything to maintain the status of NK. China cant comdem NK
Russia also wants to avoid more US troops at the border and esspecialy in its weaker east but Russia sees in NK a good buyer for missles and gives so sometimes its save veto in the UNSC. All sanctions were due to nuclear tests Russia couldnt prevent without losing face.
The other comunist states and North korea defacto have a non written agreement in cooperatioms as North korea can build resturants and buildings there to generate money and even museums with wich NK makes money. A example Cambodias national museum.
But North korea knowsit has to smuggle via corrupt African countrys, esspecialy North African countries to trade its drugs under wrong flag in gigantic masses. A example was 2003 at the coast of Australia,
Iran and North korea etablishing every year better relations as Iran wants North korea to share with them part of the military technology esspecialy in terms of rockets and nuclear bombs. It is known that Iran has students and scientists in NK under good condicens.
Both did seek help for there nuclear weapones from North korea but more or less keep scilend relations to Northkorea but still Northkorea sells weapones to both countries and sometimes even the Russian weapones wehre the heritage is unkown.
Its Northkoreas piggy bank NKs Room 39 is very active. Room 39 is the generator of foregin money with all possible legal and illegal ways. All ambrassadors in the western country's have only one purpose to use tve imunity, clean money, send this via hidden channels