Diplomatic Relations Between Ukraine and North Korea: History and Specific Features of Development

Maksym Serhiienko; Che Huang

Diplomatic Relations Between Ukraine and North Korea: History and Specific Features of Development

Abstract

The relevance of the subject of the study is largely due to the need to investigate the causes and prerequisites for severing diplomatic ties between Ukraine and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea against the background of modern geopolitical changes. The importance of such an analysis lies in the militarisation policy of North Korea, which may affect the partnership of the country with the Ukrainian state. The need to conduct such an examination also lies in the insufficient number of papers on the outlined subject. The purpose of the study was to clarify the main aspects of cooperation between Ukraine and the DPRK during 1992-2022. The methods of scientific knowledge used to conduct the research are: historical, comparative, statistical, systemic, and terminological. The main achievements that were obtained as a result of the study can be outlined as follows: clarification of the course and development of relations between Ukraine and North Korea, examination of the nature of the relevant relations through the analysis of regulatory legal acts concluded between the two states. The attitude of Ukraine to the nuclear potential of the DPRK and the policy towards the unification of the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea are outlined. The main reasons why Ukraine declared a statement on the termination of diplomatic relations with the DPRK and the position of North Korea on the annexation and occupation of certain territories of Ukraine, diplomatic relations between Russia and the people’s diplomatic Republic of Korea against the background of a full-scale invasion of the territory of the Ukrainian state by the Russian Federation are clarified. The results of the study can be used by historians, geopolitics, lawyers, and other researchers as a basis for further work on related subjects

Keywords

Asian vector, international relations, geopolitics, bilateral relations, cooperation agreements between countries

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Suggested citation

Serhiienko, M., & Huang, Ch. (2022). Diplomatic Relations Between Ukraine and North Korea: History and Specific Features of Development. Foreign Affairs, 32(6), 31-38. https://doi.org/10.46493/2663-2675.32(6).2022.31-38