The security realignment in Asia has been a boon for North Korea

North Korea has made out handsomely amid an East-West divide.Russia and China have sought closer military and economic ties with the hermit kingdom amid the war in Ukraine and a strategic shift away from the U.S. It’s reportedly made North Korea wealthier than it’s ever been.Foreign visitors who returned from Pyongyang, the country’s capital, in recent years are describing signs of newfound prosperity, including restaurants serving “brick-oven pizza and chicken wings,&rd