When in September 1990 Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze traveled to Pyongyang with the news of the imminent Soviet recognition of South Korea, North Korea's dictator Kim Il Sung was so angry that he refused to receive him.
Shevardnadze took this criticism in stride. North Korea was seen as a grim, bankrupt, Stalinist tyranny by the Soviets, with South Korea perceived as a far more appealing partner.
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