TY - BOOK AU - LYONG Choi TI - North Korea and Zimbabwe, 1978-1982: from the strategic alliance to the symbolic comradeship between Kim II Sung and Robert Mugabe PY - 2017/// KW - SOUTHERN AFRICA KW - NORTH KOREA KW - THIRD WOLRD WAR KW - DIPLOMATIC WAR N2 - This article provides an explanation for North Korea-Zimbabwe bilateral relations from the late 1970s to the early 1980s, in the context of Cold War in the Third World. Supporting the military resistance of African nations, North Korea sought to gain its dominance over South Korea in the diplomatic war between the two Koreas. North Korea contributed to the liberation of Zimbabwe and helped Robert Mugabe establish his political foundations in the country UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14682745.2017.1328406 ER -