North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's reported plans to visit Russia this month have caused concern among the US and its allies.
He and President Vladimir Putin intend to discuss the possibility of North Korea providing Moscow with weapons to support its war in Ukraine, US officials say.
On the surface, an arms deal between North Korea and Russia makes perfect transactional sense.
Moscow desperately needs weapons, specifically ammunition and artillery shells, for the war in Ukraine, and Pyongyang has plenty of both.
On the other side, sanction-starved North Korea desperately needs money and food. More than three years of border closures, not to mention the breakdown of talks with the United States in 2019, have left the country more isolated than ever before.
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