North Korea Denies Selling Weapons to Russia, Blasts US ‘Rumors’
- Russia is seeking weapons from North Korea, US and UK say
- Dormant rail link comes into focus as route for sending arms
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North Korea denied it sold weapons to Russia in an unusually direct statement, and blasted the US over “rumors” that Kim Jong Un’s regime was aiding Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.
“We have never exported weapons or ammunition to Russia before and we will not plan to export them,” the state’s official Korean Central News Agency reported Thursday, citing an unnamed vice director general in the Defense Ministry’s General Bureau of Equipment.