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    South Korea demands that North Korea withdraw its troops in Russia

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    The South Korean Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador on Monday over North Korea’s alleged deployment of troops to join the Russian army in the war against Ukraine.

    The use of North Korean troops in the conflict in Ukraine violates the UN Charter and General Assembly resolutions and threatens the security of South Korea, the ministry said in a statement.

    “We condemn North Korea’s illegal military cooperation, including the sending of troops to Russia, in the strongest terms,” Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hong-kyun told Ambassador Georgy Zinoviev, the ministry said. “We will respond together with the international community by mobilizing all available resources against acts that threaten our fundamental security interests.”

    Zinoviev countered that Russian cooperation with North Korea was in accordance with international law and was not directed against South Korea, according to a Facebook post from the Russian embassy.

    Reports that Russia will deploy North Korean troops in its war with Ukraine have not been confirmed. The Kremlin previously denied them.

    South Korean intelligence said Friday that North Korea had sent 1,500 special forces to train at Russian military bases in the Far East. The troops would likely be deployed to fight in Ukraine, the spy agency said.

    The agency said it had worked with Ukrainian spies and used facial recognition technology and artificial intelligence to identify North Korean military officers alongside Russian troops in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has also accused North Korea of ​​sending 10,000 troops to Russia.

    The South Korean Ministry of Defense said on Monday it had held consultations with the US. The White House National Security Council said it could not confirm the reports but added that it would “mark a dangerous development” in the war, a spokesman said.

    Mark Rutte, NATO Secretary General, said on X that he spoke with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol. North Korea sending troops into the conflict “would mark a significant escalation,” he wrote.

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