SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea will gradually take countermeasures in line with the level of military cooperation between Russia and North Korea, Deputy National Security Adviser Kim Tae-hyo told a briefing on Tuesday.
The comments came as South Korea’s presidential office urged Pyongyang to immediately withdraw North Korean troops that Seoul says have been dispatched to Russia for the war with Ukraine.
Kim made the comments in a televised briefing after a meeting hosted by National Security Adviser Shin Won-sik on the dispatch of North Koreans troops earlier on Tuesday.
Kim accused Pyongyang of acting like a “criminal organisation” by sending young North Koreans to fight in Russia and vowed to cooperate with allies in ensuring countermeasures against North Korea-Russia military cooperation.
It remained a possibility that South Korea could supply offensive weapons to Ukraine, the Yonhap news agency reported, citing the presidential office.
(Reporting by Hyunsu Yim; Editing by Ed Davies)
