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China and Russia, BRICS core members, regard North Korea as a buffer state that mitigates the influence of US-aligned South Korea and Japan. For them, Pyongyang’s In particular, the summit will be held after the South Korean National Intelligence Service announced on the 18th that the North Korean military sent troops to help The Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the Russian Federation and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a security and defense treaty betweenNorth KoreaandRussia. It was signed on during a visitbyRussian presidentVladimir Putinto North Korea. SEOUL, South Korea (AP)Both Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un say the strategic partnership they signed in their summit in