South Korea on Russia and North Korea Treaty: On June 21, two days after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a deal promising mutual defense with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during an official visit to Pyongyang, South Korea summoned the Russian ambassador to protest a defense accord with North Korea.
The military of South Korea said it had fired warning shots the day before to repel North Korean soldiers who had briefly crossed the rival countries’ land border for the third time this month. According to The Hindu, earlier on Friday, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un issued an ambiguous threat of retaliation after South Korean activists flew balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets across the border.
That occurred two days after Seoul responded by stating it would think about arming Ukraine to repel Russia’s invasion, and two days after Moscow and Pyongyang signed an agreement promising mutual defense support if either was attacked.
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To express Seoul’s position on the agreement between Putin and Kim as well as the purported military collaboration between Russia and North Korea, South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hong Kyun called Russian Ambassador Georgy Zinoviev. Seoul’s Foreign Ministry did not immediately confirm the statements made during the meeting.
As a result of leafleting campaigns run by South Korean civil society organizations in recent weeks, psychological warfare akin to that of the Cold War has resumed along the inter-Korean border.
Under the leadership of North Korean defector Park Sang-Hak, South Korean citizen activists claimed to have sent 20 balloons from the border town of Paju, South Korea, on Thursday night carrying 300,000 propaganda leaflets, 5,000 USB sticks containing South Korean pop music and TV dramas, and 3,000 US dollar bills.
