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South Korea’s president said Tuesday that growing military cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang posed a major global security threat, after Washington accused North Korea of sending 10,000 soldiers to train in Russia.
“As the war in Ukraine continues for the third year, North Korea has gone beyond providing weapons to Russia and has even deployed troops,” President Yoon Suk Yeol said.
Seoul’s spy agency had previously said the North had sent thousands of soldiers, including elite special forces, to Russia, with Washington saying Monday that 10,000 were now training in the country.
“This illegal military cooperation between Russia and North Korea is a significant security threat to the international community and could pose a serious risk to our national security,” President Yoon Suk Yeol said.
“We must thoroughly examine all possibilities and prepare countermeasures,” Yoon said, adding that “measures would be actively taken step-by-step” depending on the progress of Russia-North Korea military cooperation, according to the presidential office.
