 North Korea, the German Democratic Republic and the Soviet Union also armed and trained FRELIMO forces, with the North Koreans establishing a Military Mission in Mozambique during the early 1980s North Korean advisers were instrumental in the formation of FRELIMO's first specialized counter-insurgency brigade, which was deployed from 1983 onward.and the GDR providing military assistance and training members of the Mozambican FPLM in the GDR.Malawi had a complicated relationship with both FRELIMO and RENAMO.