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and widely distributed inside the country. The militaries of both countries began to co-operate on sensitive issues. At the same time, Romania had a rapprochement with the United States. In 1973, North Korea tried to use Romania as an intermediary with the US, but the Romanian diplomats did not want
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in the country with non-Korean wives to avoid the birth of ethnically mixed Koreans. Romanian officials and governmental institutions have been left aware of Bumbea's case, but they have not given much importance to it.
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containment measures taken by the North Korean government that made the operation of the embassy and the entry and exit to the country highly complicated. Before this, Romania was the only country in the
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for the hoodwinking of gullible foreign guests" that Ceaușescu had seen in North Korea was something that never seemed to have crossed his mind before.
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test that occurred in January with a statement of concern that this test posed "... a challenge to peace and security in the region".
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Minutes of the Romanian Politburo Meeting Concerning Nicolae Ceaușescu's Visit to China, North Korea, Mongolia, and Vietnam
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In October 2021, Romania closed its embassy in North Korea, possibly only temporarily, as a result of the strict
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ideologies still promoted in the DPRK. Romania allied itself with nations hostile to the DPRK: it established
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was abducted by the North Korean government. This may have been with the intention of providing American
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to have a diplomatic embassy in North Korea. The embassy may not reopen due to high maintenance costs.
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Relations between North Korea and Romania deteriorated after Romania's Communist regime fell.
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in the early-1950s. In the following years, the two countries had little contact.
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in 2007. However, it continues to maintain ties in the educational field.
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Stalinism for All Seasons: A Political History of Romanian Communism
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on October 26, 1948 as the sole legitimate government of the entire
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Upon his return to Romania, Ceaușescu began to emulate
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have maintained limited bilateral relations since the
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Last embassy from EU country shuts down in Pyongyang
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Index

Map indicating locations of North Korea and Romania
North Korea
Romania
Bucharest
Pyongyang
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Romania
Romanian Revolution
December 1989
Eastern Bloc
Pyongyang
Bucharest
Romanian People's Republic
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Korean Peninsula
Korean War

president
Socialist Republic of Romania
Nicolae Ceaușescu
North Korea
Workers' Party of Korea
personality cult
Kim Il Sung
Edward Behr
Potemkin villages
North Korea's system
Juche
July Theses
nationalism

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