South Korea’s president has met a visiting Ukraine delegation and called for a joint response to the threat posed by North Korea’s recent dispatch of more than 10,000 soldiers to support Russia’s war against Ukraine.

US officials stress Russia’s sole responsibility for deployment of North Korean troops in its war of aggression with Ukraine

South Koreans remain widely opposed to directly supplying arms to Ukraine, recent polls show, despite renewed international requests from Kyiv and allied capitals after North Korean troops were reported to be helping Russia.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol met with Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov in Seoul on Nov. 27 to discuss concerns over deepening military ties between Russia and North Korea, Yonhap News Agency reported.

Russia will respond “in every way that we find necessary” if South Korea sends arms to Ukraine, a top Kremlin official said Sunday.

South Korea's spy agency says that North Korea has recently supplied additional artillery systems to Russia to support its war efforts against Ukraine.

A Ukrainian delegation headed by Ukraineʼs Defence Minister Rustem Umierov will visit South Korea on Wednesday to ask for aid for Ukraine in providing the necessary weapons. Source: news outlet South China Morning Post,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addresses South Korean parliament via video link at National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea April 11, 2022. Chung Sung-Jun/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo SEOUL (Reuters) - South Koreans remain widely opposed to directly supplying arms to Ukraine,

After North Korean servicemen appeared in our war, South Korea sees this as a direct threat to its own country. Therefore, the assistance has already started… Before this, I am sure there were discussions,