![In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un toast during a reception at the Mongnangwan Reception House in Pyongyang on June 19, 2024. In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un toast during a reception at the Mongnangwan Reception House in Pyongyang on June 19, 2024.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20240624130636_ab3990c3f8e9a4c888ded70f1621b12baf3781196b1bbe3b4b9743474b278a0e.jpg)
Putin and Kim Jong Un’s Alliance: A New Cold War Threat to Religious Freedom
The alliances between North Korea and Russia and Russia and China threaten not only the United States’ allies, but the United States itself, Shea explained to the Register.