The AP reports

North Korea says it hasn’t exported any weapons to Russia during the war in Ukraine and has no plans to do so, and said U.S. intelligence reports of weapons transfers were an attempt to tarnish North Korea’s image.

Really? Do the NORKS think being associated with Russia in the war with Ukraine would lower their standing in the world?

North Korea and Syria are the only countries other than Russia to recognize the independence of the occupied oblast Donetsk and Luhansk, and the NORKS have expressed interest in sending workers to help rebuild those “pro-Russia” regions.

But selling arms to Russia is a problem for them?

Hmmmm.