This picture of North Korean stamps set for issuance is captured from the web site of the Korea Stamp, Jan. 10. Yonhap
North Korea has included Russian within the description of its new postal stamps set to be issued within the new 12 months, the web site of its stamp company confirmed Friday, reflecting the nation’s rising alignment with Russia.
A stamp launch discover uploaded on the Korea Stamp Corp.’s web site included photos and descriptions of 4 postal stamps scheduled for issuance on Jan. 20 in 4 languages — Korean, English, Chinese language and Russian — together with an order type.
It’s believed to be the primary time that North Korea’s stamp launch discover has included Russian. The Russian language was not even included within the discover for the North’s stamp issuance celebrating the particular 12 months of friendship between Pyongyang and Moscow in 2015.
The brand new growth is broadly seen as reflecting accelerating cooperation between the 2 international locations following their leaders‘ signing of a mutual protection treaty in June.
Since forging the Complete Strategic Partnership treaty, the North has deployed 1000’s of troops to assist Russia’s conflict towards Ukraine and has strengthened cooperation in army, financial and different fronts.
As well as, stamp albums, revealed by North Korea final month on the themes of the nation’s friendship with China and Russia, had been assigned with the code „Ba79“ for the Russian model and „Ba80“ for the Chinese language model, putting the Russian album forward of the Chinese language one.
The phenomenon has sparked hypothesis that North Korea might now prioritize its relationship with Russia over its ties with China, the North’s conventional ally and important financial benefactor. (Yonhap)