As North Korea Moves Toward Supplying Russia With Weaponry, Could South Korea End Up Arming Ukraine?

A veteran American diplomat in the Far East sees a military role for South Korea in Ukraine as one way to counter North Korea’s insistence on diving into the cauldron of the war.

AP/Alex Brandon, file
A forklift moving 155 mm shells ultimately bound for Ukraine, April 29, 2022, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. AP/Alex Brandon, file

SEOUL — South Korea’s weapons production far exceeds that of North Korea and is potentially more important than North Korean artillery shells in tipping the balance in Ukraine. 

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