North Korean Arms Trade Is China’s Problem Too, US Official Says
- ‘China has a role to play and it has influence,’ Jung Pak says
- Diplomat doesn’t see more aggressive Stance toward South Korea
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North Korea’s destabilizing behavior should be a major concern for Beijing, a senior State Department official said Tuesday.
China should be condemning North Korea’s “deepening cooperation” with Russia, including shipping ballistic missiles to President Vladimir Putin’s forces in Ukraine, said Jung Pak, the US senior official for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, as North Korea is officially known.