{"id":28549,"date":"2025-04-03T10:08:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T07:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/?p=28549"},"modified":"2026-07-04T12:01:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T09:01:49","slug":"pyongyang-on-the-frontlines-the-risks-and-rewards-of-involvement-in-russian-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/fr\/2025\/04\/03\/pyongyang-on-the-frontlines-the-risks-and-rewards-of-involvement-in-russian-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Pyongyang sur le front : les risques et les avantages de l\u2019implication dans la guerre russe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-\"><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-quick-download-button-download-button aligncenter qdbn-wrapper\"><div class=\"qdbn\" data-plugin-name=\"qdbn\" data-style=\"small\" data-file=\"hide-file\" data-size=\"hide-size\"><div class=\"qdbn-download-button-inner\"><button type=\"button\" data-button-type=\"small\" class=\"g-btn f-l\" style=\"background-color:#0e107b;color:#ffffff;border-radius:25px;border:1px solid #e2e2e2\" data-attachment-id=\"51874\" data-page-id=\"18850\" data-post-id=\"\" data-have-external=\"false\" data-external-url=\"\" data-wait-duration=\"0\" data-target-blank=\"true\" data-msg=\"Please wait...\" data-member=\"0\" data-has-icon-dark=\"false\" title=\"T\u00e9l\u00e9charger le PDF en anglais\"><span class=\"download-btn-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M18 11.3l-1-1.1-4 4V3h-1.5v11.3L7 10.2l-1 1.1 6.2 5.8 5.8-5.8zm.5 3.7v3.5h-13V15H4v5h16v-5h-1.5z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span>T\u00e9l\u00e9charger le PDF en anglais<\/span><\/button><p class=\"up\" style=\"background:transparent;border-radius:0\"><i class=\"fi fi-pdf\"><\/i><\/p><p class=\"down\" style=\"background:transparent;border-radius:0\"><i class=\"fi-folder-o\"><\/i><span class=\"file-size\">2 MB<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><quick-download-button-info class=\"qdb-btn-info\"><\/quick-download-button-info><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading translation-block\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\"><strong>Principaux enseignements<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Implication militaire directe de la Cor\u00e9e du Nord<\/strong>: la Cor\u00e9e du Nord a d\u00e9ploy\u00e9 10 000 \u00e0 12 000 soldats sur le front en Ukraine. Cette initiative a fait de Pyongyang un participant militaire actif \u00e0 la guerre.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Avantages strat\u00e9giques pour la Cor\u00e9e du Nord<\/strong>: en aidant la Russie, la Cor\u00e9e du Nord acquiert des technologies militaires de pointe, une exp\u00e9rience du champ de bataille et une position militaire renforc\u00e9e. Ces avantages sont particuli\u00e8rement cruciaux \u00e0 mesure que les tensions montent dans le Pacifique.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gains financiers et technologiques<\/strong>: en \u00e9change de son soutien militaire, la Cor\u00e9e du Nord recevrait une compensation financi\u00e8re de la Russie, ainsi que des armes et des technologies pr\u00e9cieuses. Cela renforce le programme nucl\u00e9aire et les capacit\u00e9s militaires de Pyongyang.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Position ambigu\u00eb de la Chine<\/strong>: la Chine a pris ses distances avec l\u2019alliance entre la Russie et la Cor\u00e9e du Nord, mais l\u2019approfondissement des liens entre les deux pays repr\u00e9sente un d\u00e9fi pour Beijing. La Chine s\u2019inqui\u00e8te des capacit\u00e9s nucl\u00e9aires croissantes de la Cor\u00e9e du Nord et du risque de d\u00e9stabilisation de la r\u00e9gion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cons\u00e9quences pour la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 mondiale<\/strong>: l\u2019implication de la Cor\u00e9e du Nord signale un affaiblissement des normes internationales, puisqu\u2019elle d\u00e9fie les sanctions et soutient l\u2019agression russe. L\u2019incapacit\u00e9 de l\u2019Occident \u00e0 freiner les agissements de Pyongyang pourrait encourager d\u2019autres \u00c9tats voyous et compromettre la stabilit\u00e9 mondiale.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1240\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image.png\" alt=\"Cover image for: Pyongyang on the Frontlines: The Risks and Rewards of Involvement in Russian War\" class=\"wp-image-28550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image.png 1240w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-600x245.png 600w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-1024x419.png 1024w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-768x314.png 768w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-18x7.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1240px) 100vw, 1240px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the Russian full-scale invasion, North Korea has been aiding its ally, the Kremlin, not only diplomatically by recognizing the independence of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People&#8217;s Republics, brake-away Ukrainian regions, but also militarily by supplying ammunition and missiles to the sanctioned country. Over the course of the war, Pyongyang&#8217;s involvement with Russia grew extensively and peaked with the deployment of North Koreans to the warzone at the end of October 2024. Such an unprecedented and bold move, along with Pyongyang&#8217;s growing assertiveness on the Korean Peninsula, raised concerns in the international arena. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cette \u00e9tude explore les motivations, les avantages et les risques li\u00e9s \u00e0 l\u2019implication de la Cor\u00e9e du Nord dans la guerre en Ukraine, en analysant ses cons\u00e9quences pour les alli\u00e9s autoritaires de Pyongyang, Moscou et Beijing. L\u2019examen de ces dynamiques est essentiel pour comprendre comment cette alliance peut fa\u00e7onner l\u2019avenir de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 internationale et de la stabilit\u00e9 r\u00e9gionale, tant en Europe que dans le Pacifique. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-background\">Contexte<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Au second semestre 2022, alors que les stocks russes de missiles commen\u00e7aient \u00e0 s\u2019\u00e9puiser, le pr\u00e9sident Vladimir Poutine s\u2019est tourn\u00e9 vers ses alli\u00e9s nord-cor\u00e9ens pour obtenir de l\u2019aide. Cependant, l\u2019ann\u00e9e 2024 a \u00e9t\u00e9 marqu\u00e9e par des avanc\u00e9es significatives dans les relations bilat\u00e9rales entre Moscou et Pyongyang, allant au-del\u00e0 du commerce et des ventes d\u2019armements. En mars 2024, la Russie a, pour la premi\u00e8re fois, oppos\u00e9 son veto au renouvellement annuel du groupe d\u2019experts de l\u2019ONU charg\u00e9 de surveiller les violations des sanctions par la Cor\u00e9e du Nord. Bien que largement symbolique, puisque les travaux du groupe n\u2019influent pas directement sur les sanctions elles-m\u00eames, ce geste a signal\u00e9 que la position de Moscou \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9gard du r\u00e9gime de Kim avait radicalement chang\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In June 2024 came another worrying turn of events: Putin and Kim signed the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty between the Russian Federation and the Democratic People&#8217;s Republic of Korea. The agreement was dubbed \u201cmutual defense treaty\u201d in the media for its Article 4 in which both parties committed to provide each other with military assistance in case of an armed attack. The treaty involved a tightening of cooperation in a range of other spheres, including trade, economy, science, etc. This agreement was used as justification for the deployment of North Korean troops to the frontline to aid Russia in its campaign against Kyiv. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"811\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-2.png\" alt=\"Cover image for: Pyongyang on the Frontlines: The Risks and Rewards of Involvement in Russian War\" class=\"wp-image-28552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-2.png 811w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-2-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-2-768x511.png 768w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-2-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 811px) 100vw, 811px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>La fausse pi\u00e8ce d\u2019identit\u00e9 d\u2019un soldat nord-cor\u00e9en captur\u00e9. Source : cha\u00eene Telegram officielle de Zelenskyi<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les premiers signalements de l\u2019implication de soldats nord-cor\u00e9ens sur le champ de bataille sont apparus vers la fin d\u2019octobre 2024. Depuis, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 confirm\u00e9 que Pyongyang avait envoy\u00e9 environ 10 000 \u00e0 12 000 de ses soldats pour soutenir son alli\u00e9. Selon les informations disponibles, les Nord-Cor\u00e9ens ont \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9ploy\u00e9s pour combattre dans l\u2019oblast de Koursk, territoire souverain de la Russie pris lors de l\u2019offensive surprise de l\u2019Ukraine en ao\u00fbt 2024. Les appr\u00e9ciations sur le professionnalisme des troupes nord-cor\u00e9ennes au combat divergent : certains combattants ukrainiens estiment que leurs tactiques sont d\u00e9pass\u00e9es, tandis que d\u2019autres les consid\u00e8rent comme un ennemi dangereux et soulignent qu\u2019elles sont plus disciplin\u00e9es et m\u00e9thodiques que les Russes eux-m\u00eames. Capturer vivants des soldats nord-cor\u00e9ens s\u2019est av\u00e9r\u00e9 extr\u00eamement difficile, car ils ont tendance \u00e0 se suicider lorsqu\u2019ils risquent d\u2019\u00eatre captur\u00e9s. Au cours des derniers mois, l\u2019arm\u00e9e ukrainienne n\u2019a r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 faire prisonniers que deux soldats nord-cor\u00e9ens bless\u00e9s. Selon les informations de Kyiv, Moscou et Pyongyang ont tout fait pour dissimuler la pr\u00e9sence de Nord-Cor\u00e9ens sur le front : les soldats nord-cor\u00e9ens portaient de fausses pi\u00e8ces d\u2019identit\u00e9, affirmant \u00eatre n\u00e9s dans la r\u00e9gion de Touva (Russie). L\u2019Ukraine a estim\u00e9 les pertes nord-cor\u00e9ennes \u00e0 environ 3 000 personnes, morts et bless\u00e9s confondus. D\u00e9but f\u00e9vrier 2025, des inqui\u00e9tudes ont \u00e9galement \u00e9merg\u00e9 quant \u00e0 la pr\u00e9paration par Pyongyang de l\u2019envoi de nouvelles troupes sur le front malgr\u00e9 les pertes \u00e9lev\u00e9es subies.<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-north-korea-benefits-outweigh-the-risks\">Cor\u00e9e du Nord : les avantages l\u2019emportent sur les risques<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pyongyang a largement b\u00e9n\u00e9fici\u00e9 de son alliance avec le Kremlin, et le d\u00e9ploiement de troupes sur le front s\u2019est, pour l\u2019instant, r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 profitable pour Kim. En \u00e9change de plusieurs milliers de vies humaines, la Cor\u00e9e du Nord a re\u00e7u une quantit\u00e9 immense d\u2019armes et de technologies auxquelles elle n\u2019aurait auparavant pas pu acc\u00e9der. Cela lui permettra d\u2019exercer une pression sur ses ennemis dans le Pacifique, en particulier la Cor\u00e9e du Sud, avec laquelle les relations se sont fortement d\u00e9grad\u00e9es ces derniers mois. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alors que les tensions montent dans le Pacifique (non sans l\u2019implication directe de Pyongyang), la Cor\u00e9e du Nord souhaite renforcer ses forces arm\u00e9es afin de se pr\u00e9parer \u00e0 un conflit potentiel. L\u2019envoi de troupes en Ukraine est consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme une occasion id\u00e9ale pour les soldats d\u2019acqu\u00e9rir une exp\u00e9rience pratique de la guerre moderne et de l\u2019utilisation de nouvelles technologies et armes. La coop\u00e9ration avec la Russie et l\u2019accord de d\u00e9fense mutuelle permettraient potentiellement \u00e0 Kim de demander un soutien russe si la situation dans le Pacifique devait d\u00e9g\u00e9n\u00e9rer en conflit militaire. En outre, avec l\u2019aide de Moscou, la Cor\u00e9e du Nord aura l\u2019occasion de faire progresser son programme nucl\u00e9aire et de devenir un \u00c9tat encore plus influent \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle r\u00e9gionale. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"795\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-3.png\" alt=\"Cover image for: Pyongyang on the Frontlines: The Risks and Rewards of Involvement in Russian War\" class=\"wp-image-28553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-3.png 795w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-3-600x337.png 600w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-3-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-3-18x10.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea&#8217;s leader Kim Jong Un shake hands after a signing ceremony of the new partnership in Pyongyang, North Korea, on June 19, 2024. (Kristina Kormilitsyna\/Sputnik\/AP)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les liens \u00e9troits nouvellement \u00e9tablis avec la Russie rapprochent \u00e9galement Pyongyang d\u2019une sortie de l\u2019isolement international : si le Kremlin peut changer d\u2019avis sur la Cor\u00e9e du Nord, d\u2019autres \u00c9tats le peuvent aussi. Si le d\u00e9ploiement de troupes modifiait la situation sur le front \u00e0 l\u2019avantage de Moscou, Kim pourrait aussi faire pression sur Poutine pour qu\u2019il le laisse rejoindre des organisations internationales soutenues par la Russie, par exemple la Communaut\u00e9 des \u00c9tats ind\u00e9pendants, \u00e9largissant ainsi le r\u00f4le de Pyongyang sur la sc\u00e8ne internationale. Une telle d\u00e9marche pourrait rompre l\u2019isolement international du r\u00e9gime de Kim, non seulement en lui offrant un moyen de sauver son \u00e9conomie en difficult\u00e9, mais aussi en montrant l\u2019inefficacit\u00e9 des institutions dirig\u00e9es par l\u2019ONU. Elle pourrait \u00e9galement r\u00e9duire la crainte des autres pays face aux sanctions et aux cons\u00e9quences de leurs actions d\u00e9voy\u00e9es, g\u00e9n\u00e9rant une d\u00e9stabilisation et un chaos b\u00e9n\u00e9fiques \u00e0 la fois pour Pyongyang et Moscou. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Il est \u00e9galement largement avanc\u00e9 que la Cor\u00e9e du Nord pourrait recevoir de g\u00e9n\u00e9reuses compensations financi\u00e8res de Moscou pour chaque soldat envoy\u00e9 aider l\u2019arm\u00e9e russe. Kim n\u2019obtient donc pas seulement des avantages militaires, politiques et \u00e9conomiques : il remplit aussi ses poches d\u2019argent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La d\u00e9cision d\u2019envoyer des troupes \u00e0 la guerre comporte naturellement aussi des risques potentiels. Si les soldats nord-cor\u00e9ens ne parviennent pas \u00e0 s\u2019adapter aux r\u00e9alit\u00e9s de la guerre moderne et subissent de lourdes pertes, cela nuira \u00e0 la r\u00e9putation de Kim et de son r\u00e9gime, tant \u00e0 l\u2019ext\u00e9rieur qu\u2019\u00e0 l\u2019int\u00e9rieur du pays. Un autre risque majeur r\u00e9side dans l\u2019exposition des troupes d\u00e9ploy\u00e9es \u00e0 des informations sur la vie hors de Cor\u00e9e du Nord, radicalement diff\u00e9rente de la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 de leur pays d\u2019origine. Plus ces personnes restent longtemps hors du pays, plus elles d\u00e9couvrent le monde ext\u00e9rieur. \u00c0 leur retour, le mur d\u2019information qui entoure la Cor\u00e9e du Nord depuis des d\u00e9cennies pourrait tomber et d\u00e9stabiliser le r\u00e9gime de Kim. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-5.png\" alt=\"Cover image for: Pj\u00f6ngjang an der Front: Risiken und Chancen einer Beteiligung am russischen Krieg\" class=\"wp-image-28555\" style=\"width:721px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-5.png 825w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-5-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-5-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-5-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Sur cette photo fournie par le gouvernement nord-cor\u00e9en, le dirigeant nord-cor\u00e9en Kim Jong Un, au centre, rencontre des soldats ayant particip\u00e9 \u00e0 un entra\u00eenement en Cor\u00e9e du Nord, le 13 mars 2024. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP, archive)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-russia-on-the-lookout-for-cannon-fodder\">Russie : \u00e0 la recherche de \u00ab chair \u00e0 canon \u00bb<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite some advancements, Russia hasn\u2019t been doing great on the frontline and has been running out of soldiers. Moscow adopted the war tactic that was meant to outnumber and overwhelm the opponent. Not extremely practical in the modern type of warfare, this strategy requires constant deployment of new troops and has cost Putin a lot of lives. In dire need of new soldiers, the Kremlin is trying its best to replenish the troops without having to resort to a new wave of mobilization. Russia\u2019s first and, for now, last attempt at mobilization during this war has destabilized the situation within the country and has caused reputational damage for Putin &#8211; something that is extremely sensitive for the Russian leader. The Russian government is now offering immense amounts of money to those who are willing to sign a contract with the Russian military. Moscow is also actively looking for volunteers from other friendly countries who are willing to exchange their lives for money. The deployment of North Korean troops to the frontline absolutely fits this pattern and is beneficial for Moscow as several thousand new soldiers are coming, not several hundred individuals or fewer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Il importe toutefois de noter qu\u2019environ 10 000 soldats ne r\u00e9soudront pas vraiment le probl\u00e8me de la Russie, qui n\u2019a pas renonc\u00e9 \u00e0 son objectif de prendre Kyiv et a d\u00e9j\u00e0 sacrifi\u00e9 beaucoup trop de vies dans cette guerre. Les soldats nord-cor\u00e9ens ne re\u00e7oivent pas non plus la m\u00eame formation que les Russes et ne parlent aucune langue autre que le cor\u00e9en ; les faire combattre efficacement constituera donc un d\u00e9fi pour l\u2019arm\u00e9e russe. En outre, comme indiqu\u00e9 pr\u00e9c\u00e9demment, si Poutine paie Kim pour chaque soldat, le Kremlin ajoute une nouvelle d\u00e9pense \u00e0 ses co\u00fbts de guerre d\u00e9j\u00e0 consid\u00e9rables, alors que la situation \u00e9conomique du pays se d\u00e9grade fortement. Pour l\u2019instant, le Kremlin est \u00e9galement limit\u00e9 par le territoire sur lequel les troupes nord-cor\u00e9ennes peuvent op\u00e9rer. Envoyer les soldats d\u2019un autre pays sur le territoire souverain russe au titre d\u2019un trait\u00e9 de d\u00e9fense mutuelle est une chose, mais d\u00e9ployer des Nord-Cor\u00e9ens sur le territoire souverain de l\u2019Ukraine signifierait que Pyongyang deviendrait officiellement partie au conflit. Ce serait une escalade extr\u00eamement dangereuse \u00e0 laquelle Moscou s\u2019est jusqu\u2019\u00e0 pr\u00e9sent abstenu de proc\u00e9der, mais dont il a d\u00e9sesp\u00e9r\u00e9ment besoin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-china-beyond-the-ambiguity\">Chine : au-del\u00e0 de l\u2019ambigu\u00eft\u00e9<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although China &#8211; the most prominent ally of North Korea &#8211; has not been directly involved in the arrangement between Moscow and Pyongyang, it is of keen importance to understand where Beijing\u2019s interests lie as North Korea gets more heavily involved with the Kremlin. Since the start of the Russian invasion in 2022, Chinese official statements regarding the war have been extremely ambiguous. Beijing emphasized its desire for a peaceful solution and stressed the importance of respecting territorial integrity, but at the same time, it helped Putin avoid Western sanctions and didn\u2019t condemn Russian actions against Ukraine. China has also tried to distance itself from the new level of escalation that came with the defense agreement and deployment of North Korean troops by underlining that it is a matter between Moscow and Pyongyang. But the key question is: does Beijing favor this \u201cmatter\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the Kremlin reaches success in its campaign against Ukraine, China might reap some benefits that will bring it closer to achieving its goals in the international arena. With the issue of Taiwan unsolved, Beijing hopes that Russian victory will show the \u201crogue island\u201d that Taipei doesn\u2019t stand a chance at winning the war. So, the only rational way would be to pursue peaceful unification &#8211; a scenario that China has been attempting to achieve for the last several decades. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another reason why Beijing could be interested in the deployment of North Korean troops to the frontline is seeing the Western response: actions of already heavily sanctioned North Korea are challenging the norms of international law once again. The US and its allies have issued a joint statement condemning the military alliance of Russia and North Korea. Washington has also introduced additional sanctions against both Pyongyang and Moscow aiming at obstructing Kim\u2019s capability to help his friend in the Kremlin. Yet, as reports state that Pyongyang is getting ready to send new troops to the frontline despite heavy losses, it seems that the Western actions weren\u2019t enough to disrupt the alliance.&nbsp; If the West doesn\u2019t prove that it can contain Pyongyang and pressure it to abide by norms, it will signal that the US-led system is in dire need of amendment. This would perfectly play into the hand of Beijing which is interested in reforming the global world order.<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La guerre en Ukraine d\u00e9tourne \u00e9galement l\u2019attention de l\u2019Occident du Pacifique et l\u2019oblige \u00e0 fournir des armements \u00e0 Kyiv : plus la guerre se prolonge, plus les \u00c9tats-Unis et leurs alli\u00e9s consument de ressources en Ukraine. Si Beijing d\u00e9cidait de prendre Ta\u00efwan par la force, il lui faudrait un Occident aussi affaibli que possible ; de ce point de vue, l\u2019escalade peut donc \u00eatre per\u00e7ue comme avantageuse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, despite the clear advantages of sending North Korean troops to war against Ukraine, there are also quite a few downsides for China. Beijing has highlighted its desire for peace for a reason &#8211; its economy heavily relies on international trade and thus stability on the global level. The Chinese economy is currently not at its finest, so Beijing is eager to avoid Western sanctions at all costs. Having one of its closest allies involved in Ukraine on the Russian side doesn\u2019t exactly help the case. Although Beijing prefers not to get in between the Moscow-Pyongyang alliance, the rapprochement of these two states should be worrying, at least for one reason: nuclear weapons. It has been handy for China to have under its full control a \u201cmad ally with nukes,\u201d but closer ties with Russia challenge Pyongyang\u2019s dependence on Beijing and offer it an opportunity to pursue a nuclear program without supervision from China. With the Kremlin\u2019s constant threats to nuke Ukraine or the West and North Korea\u2019s interest in destabilizing the situation in the international arena, specifically in the Pacific, this alliance might turn \u201cexplosive.\u201d This is extremely troubling for the whole world, including Beijing, which has made it very clear that it stands against any attempts at the use of nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading translation-block\" id=\"h-conclusion\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La coop\u00e9ration entre la Russie et la Cor\u00e9e du Nord s\u2019est consid\u00e9rablement d\u00e9velopp\u00e9e ces derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, Kim ayant apport\u00e9 une aide militaire \u00e0 son homologue russe. Vladimir Poutine est pass\u00e9 du soutien au r\u00e9gime de sanctions contre Pyongyang \u00e0 la signature d\u2019un trait\u00e9 de d\u00e9fense mutuelle avec les Nord-Cor\u00e9ens. La d\u00e9cision de Kim d\u2019envoyer des soldats nord-cor\u00e9ens sur le front pour soutenir les forces russes a port\u00e9 l\u2019alliance entre les deux \u00c9tats \u00e0 un niveau nouveau et sans pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le r\u00e9gime nord-cor\u00e9en a, pour l\u2019instant, retir\u00e9 d\u2019importants b\u00e9n\u00e9fices de sa d\u00e9cision audacieuse. Il a obtenu non seulement l\u2019acc\u00e8s \u00e0 de nouvelles technologies militaires fournies par ses alli\u00e9s russes, mais aussi la possibilit\u00e9 d\u2019entra\u00eener ses soldats dans les conditions d\u2019une guerre moderne r\u00e9elle. Cette exp\u00e9rience pr\u00e9cieuse pourrait s\u2019av\u00e9rer utile en cas d\u2019escalade des tensions dans le Pacifique. L\u2019alliance avec Poutine donne aussi \u00e0 Pyongyang une chance de sortir de son isolement international et d\u2019\u00e9tendre son influence dans le Pacifique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le Kremlin cherche de nouveaux moyens de reconstituer le nombre de ses troupes sur le champ de bataille sans recourir \u00e0 la mobilisation des Russes, qui entra\u00eene un co\u00fbt r\u00e9putationnel \u00e9lev\u00e9. Malgr\u00e9 cet avantage \u00e0 assez court terme, le d\u00e9ploiement de troupes nord-cor\u00e9ennes alourdit les d\u00e9penses de guerre de Moscou, d\u00e9j\u00e0 d\u00e9raisonnablement \u00e9lev\u00e9es, car le r\u00e9gime de Kim exige une aide financi\u00e8re et technologique en \u00e9change de son soutien. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La Chine a fait de son mieux pour se distancier de l\u2019alliance entre Poutine et Kim ; sa r\u00e9action officielle n\u2019a \u00e9t\u00e9 qu\u2019ambigu\u00eft\u00e9. Malgr\u00e9 cela, cette nouvelle amiti\u00e9 est \u00e0 la fois avantageuse et pr\u00e9occupante pour Beijing. Si Moscou parvenait \u00e0 contraindre Kyiv \u00e0 la soumission, cela pourrait servir les int\u00e9r\u00eats de la Chine en convainquant Ta\u00efwan d\u2019accepter une r\u00e9unification pacifique. Cela r\u00e9v\u00e9lerait aussi l\u2019incapacit\u00e9 de l\u2019Occident \u00e0 maintenir l\u2019ordre sur la sc\u00e8ne internationale. Dans le m\u00eame temps, Pyongyang pourrait d\u00e9cider de poursuivre son programme nucl\u00e9aire sous la supervision de Moscou, ce qui accro\u00eetrait le risque d\u2019un usage irresponsable des armes nucl\u00e9aires.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\"><strong><em>Avertissement : les points de vue, pens\u00e9es et opinions exprim\u00e9s dans les articles publi\u00e9s sur ce site appartiennent exclusivement aux auteurs et ne refl\u00e8tent pas n\u00e9cessairement ceux du Transatlantic Dialogue Center, de ses comit\u00e9s ou de ses organisations affili\u00e9es. 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Son contenu rel\u00e8ve de la responsabilit\u00e9 exclusive des auteurs et ne refl\u00e8te pas n\u00e9cessairement les opinions de l\u2019International Renaissance Foundation.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Takeaways Since the Russian full-scale invasion, North Korea has been aiding its ally, the Kremlin, not only diplomatically by recognizing the independence of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People&#8217;s Republics, brake-away Ukrainian regions, but also militarily by supplying ammunition and missiles to the sanctioned country. 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