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The relation Socialist Romania had with North Korea, from the 1970s to 1989, was quite good. There are two explanations for the positive trend of the relations between two countries that were so far away from one another. The first explanation has to do with the two communist leaders, Nicolae Ceaușescu and Kim Ir Sen, being in mutual harmony in terms of opinions and personality. The second explanation pertains to the two communist countries economic interest. Romania had to expand its economic relations beyond Europe, while North Korea sought to approach a European country. Colonel Emil Burghelea was appointed military attaché in 1970 and spent a couple of years in North Korea. In 2000, Colonel Burghelea was interviewed by Radio Romania s Oral History Centre. Back then he gave an account of what the level had been, of the economic exchange between Romania and North Korea, prior to the departure to his position in North Korea. In the Asian country, Romania mainly

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