North Korea → Russia
This score represents North Korea's relationship toward Russia. The reverse direction is calculated separately and shown alongside it.
SIX-COMPONENT MODEL
Current component scores
Component values run from −100 to +100 and are combined with the published weights.
1 documented factor produce the +60 security assessment.
Why this score?
- +60Comprehensive strategic treaty creates mutual assistanceActive event · 2024
The ratified 2024 treaty created a new defence-assistance commitment and broadened bilateral coordination.
Coverage gap: The reviewed official record does not establish an additional frozen bilateral security rule or collective-defence obligation.
2 documented factors produce the +35 diplomacy assessment.
Why this score?
- +10Recurring institutional dialogueBaseline rule · 2015
The official record supports the frozen recurring institutional dialogue criterion for Russia and North Korea in the 2015 baseline.
- +25Comprehensive strategic treaty creates mutual assistanceActive event · 2024
The ratified 2024 treaty created a new defence-assistance commitment and broadened bilateral coordination.
No reviewed evidence met this component’s scoring threshold.
Why this score?
The model starts every component at zero. No documented condition or active event currently changes this one.
Coverage gap: 2015 reporter-side trade was below the frozen threshold or unavailable, and no additional qualifying economic institution was evidenced.
3 documented factors produce the +55 alignment assessment.
Why this score?
- +15United Nations voting alignmentBaseline rule · 2015
A rolling three-year comparison of UN General Assembly votes activates the alignment threshold.
- +25Comprehensive strategic treaty creates mutual assistanceActive event · 2024
The ratified 2024 treaty created a new defence-assistance commitment and broadened bilateral coordination.
- +15Annual methodology 1.1 recalculationAnnual recalculation · 2026
The current component replaces the 2015 quantitative threshold or time-bounded structural package with the evidence applicable in the selected year.
No reviewed evidence met this component’s scoring threshold.
Why this score?
The model starts every component at zero. No documented condition or active event currently changes this one.
Coverage gap: The reviewed record does not establish another frozen territorial, coercion or settled-order rule.
No reviewed evidence met this component’s scoring threshold.
Why this score?
The model starts every component at zero. No documented condition or active event currently changes this one.
Coverage gap: The reviewed record does not establish national-scale people-to-people exchange meeting the frozen societal threshold.
+4 in 2015 → +35 in 2026
The change is generated from sourced events and frozen scoring rules, not retrospective editorial adjustment.
0 points
North Korea → Russia and Russia → North Korea remain independent assessments.
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Events affecting the current score
Comprehensive strategic treaty creates mutual assistance
The ratified 2024 treaty created a new defence-assistance commitment and broadened bilateral coordination.
This analytical score is not an objective fact, endorsement or prediction. Confidence reflects evidence coverage, while incomplete or unavailable observations remain explicit. Differences below 5 points are treated as practical ties rather than a meaningful ranking.
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