alliance
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But despite North Korea's reliance on China and its position as a junior partner in the alliance, this week Kim appeared to get his way on at least one key issue.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
His ruling Civil Contract party got 49.8 percent of the vote, comfortably ahead of the 23.3 percent of the Russian-Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan's Strong Armenia alliance, the Central Election Commission said.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
"It appears Xi is trying to consolidate the alliance" with North Korea partly for that reason, he said.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
Xi is wary of the burgeoning alliance between Kim and Putin, despite Beijing's close ties with both Pyongyang and Moscow.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
He openly condemned the rich for their oppression of the poor and inspired an alliance of white and black bond laborers, as well as slaves, who demanded an end to their servitude.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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