South Korean Leader Warns Russia, North Korea on Arms Deals
- Yoon tells UN that Seoul and its partners won’t stand by idly
- Kim Jong Un toured weapons plants on his trip to Russia
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol warned Russia and North Korea against making any arms deals, saying Seoul and its allies would be ready to respond to the “direct provocation.”
South Korean officials have said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s recent trip to Russia could have been aimed at furthering a transfer of arms to help Moscow in its invasion of Ukraine. Yoon used an address Wednesday at the United Nations General Assembly to warn that military cooperation between the two would be a global concern.