Seoul views Pyongyang’s troops in Russia and possible technology transfers as direct security risk
South Korea’s conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol is weighing directly providing arms to Ukraine, a potentially consequential shift in the conflict, in response to North Korea’s deployment of troops to the Russia n front line.
“ is an incredibly dangerous idea that treats people’s lives like pawns in a game of chess,” Park Chan-dae, floor leader of the Democratic Party, told a party rally last week, arguing South Korea had no direct interest in the outcome of the war. A US ally, South Korea is a regular attendee at Nato summits and supplies several of its members. Analysts said its arms would largely be compatible with those already in operation among Ukraine’s forces.
Zelenskiy said on Thursday that he was sending a representative to Seoul to make “detailed” requests for artillery and air defence systems in light of the North Korean deployment to Russia. Russia declined to comment on Thursday on whether it had assisted North Korea’s missile programme, hours after Pyongyang tested its latest intercontinental ballistic missile, the Hwasong-19.
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