Question

North korea's economy was severely weakened in the early 1990s when ____

Answer 1

The Soviet Union collapsed.

Step-by-step explanation:

North Korea's economy was weakened in the early 1990s when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. The collapse of the Soviet Union left China alone to continue its regime by giving aids to North Korea. North Korea founded as part of the communist bloc. North Korea gained support from the Soviet Union during the Cold War, while its diplomatic relation started in 1948.

Answer 2

North korea's economy was severely weakened in the early 1990s when Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, leaving China as the isolated regime's only major ally.

To add, diplomatic relations between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (the predecessor state to the Russian Federation) were first established on October 12, 1948 shortly after the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was proclaimed.