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Russia and North Korea open first road bridge across their shared border (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 20 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

weren't the USSR and DPRK very close? How did this not exist already?

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  • [–] 21 points 18 hours ago (1 child)

    Train bridge did exist since 1959. Just didn't see the need for a car one back then I suppose.

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  • [–] 10 points 18 hours ago (1 child)

    I also assume trucks were not in use to the same degree as they are now, at least compared to freight trains.

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  • [–] 11 points 16 hours ago

    Correct. Trucks were used mostly for military purposes back then, while freight transport was done mostly by train. There was simply no practical reason for such a road link in those days when a perfectly serviceable rail link existed.

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  • [–] 11 points 17 hours ago

    Too much French influence preventing closer international cooperation. landlord-sus

    I'm speaking in jest here, but once we're able to talk about complex historical topics in earnest it'll make sense. It's just that it's kind of impossible to critique anything in depth in this environment without resulting in a yelling contest about who is the real revisionist. I do think the Soviets were too Eurocentric trying to teach those people Marxism (lol) instead of focusing on the 3rd world development.

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  • [–] 11 points 18 hours ago (1 child)

    I assume it's because after the fall, Russia made a hard Euro/American pivot. It has basically never worked out for them and lately they're pivoting back to regional powers that actually will work with them like China, Iran, and now clearly DPRK.

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  • [–] 11 points 18 hours ago* (1 child)

    I mean before the fall. There was 43 years of time to build a single road bridge between 1948 and 1991. It seems incredibly odd that they did not given how much military cooperation and technology transfers occurred.

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  • [–] 5 points 18 hours ago (1 child)

    Ah now that is a fair question that I could only guess at

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  • [–] 11 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

    I guess any people or trade traveling from most of Russia/USSR would arrive via train since basically nobody lives in the far East of Russia relative to the West. I get why there wasn't a huge need for it, but it seems like you would want to have one or two road bridge connections with your military ally.

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