South Korea responds to deal between Russia and North Korea | AP Explains

(21 Jun 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hong Kong - 21 June 2024
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Wober, The Associated Press
"South Korea is not happy about North Korea's new treaty with Russia. The foreign ministry in Seoul went through the diplomatic motions of calling in Russia's ambassador to South Korea, to tell him what they think. But what really are the problems that Seoul is now facing? First of all, any kind of military cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang, or even a pledge of future military cooperation, is a potential threat to South Korea. Another thing is that Seoul wants to understand if Russia is really walking away from all of its United Nations sanctions commitments against North Korea. The conflict in Ukraine adds another uncertainty, because Seoul and Moscow are at odds over this, especially if Seoul is going to go ahead with providing lethal weapons to Kyiv. Meanwhile, relations on the Korean peninsula between North and South are at a new all-time low. So, tensions are high, and complications are increasing."
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Seoul, South Korea - 21 June 2024
2. Various of Russian Ambassador to Seoul, Georgy Zinoviev, arriving to meet with First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hong Kyun
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Pyongyang, North Korea - 19 June 2024
3. Various of North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin signing comprehensive strategic partnership agreement
4. Various of Kim and Putin watching military ceremony
5. Kim and Putin standing in a moving vehicle
6. Kim and Putin in car
7. Various of Kim and Putin at concert
STORYLINE:
South Korea summoned the Russian ambassador to protest the country’s new defense pact with North Korea on Friday, as border tensions continued to rise with vague threats and brief, seemingly accidental incursions by North Korean troops.
Earlier Friday, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un issued a vague threat of retaliation after South Korean activists flew balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets across the border, and South Korea’s military said it had fired warning shots the previous day to repel North Korean soldiers who briefly crossed the rivals’ land border for the third time this month.
That came two days after Moscow and Pyongyang reached a pact vowing mutual defense assistance if either is attacked, and a day after Seoul responded by saying it would consider providing arms to Ukraine to fight Russia’s invasion.
South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hong Kyun summoned Russian Ambassador Georgy Zinoviev to protest the deal between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un and called for Moscow to immediately halt its alleged military cooperation with Pyongyang.
Kim, the South Korean diplomat, stressed that any cooperation that directly or indirectly helps the North build up its military capabilities would violate U.N. Security Council resolutions and pose a threat to the South’s security, and warned of consequences for Seoul’s relations with Moscow.
Zinoviev told Korean officials that any attempts to “threaten or blackmail” Russia were unacceptable and that his country's agreement with North Korea wasn't aimed at specific third countries, Russia's embassy wrote on its X account.
The South Korean ministry said Zinoviev promised to convey Seoul's concerns to his superiors in Moscow.
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