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North Korea–Yugoslavia relations were historical foreign relations between North Korea and now broken up Yugoslavia. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea established diplomatic relations on 30 October 1948. During the initial period of the Korean conflict, motivated by the recent Tito-Stalin split and contrary to other countries in Eastern Europe, Yugoslavia remained firmly not aligned to any of the blocs in the Korean War.[1] Yugoslavian literature compared attack on South Korea by North Korea as similar to the attack on Yugoslavia by the German Army and the attack on Hawaii by the Japanese army while Yugoslav representation at the United Nations even accused the Soviet Union of having started the Korean War.[2] [1]
Relations were very close during the later time of Josip Broz Tito and Kim Il Sung. Both leaders had taken a neutral stance during the Sino-Soviet split and maintained friendly relations with both the Soviet Union and China.[3] Yugoslavia and North Korea were members of the Non-Aligned Movement with Yugoslavia being one of the movement's founding members.
| Official Name | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | |
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| Capital | Belgrade | ||
| Largest city | Belgrade | ||
| Population | 11,570,000 (1963) | 23,229,846 (1991) | |
| Government | Unitary one-party socialist republic under an totalitarian hereditary dictatorship | Socialist state | |
| First Leader | Kim Il Sung | Joseph Broz Tito | |
| Last Leader | Kim Il Sung | Milan Pančevski | |
| Religion | State atheism (official) | Secular state, state atheism (de facto) | |
| Official languages | Korean | Serbo-Croatian (de facto) |