South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol warned on Wednesday that his country and its allies “will not stand idly by” if North Korea receives Russian help to boost its weapons of mass destruction.
“While military strength may vary among countries, by uniting in unwavering solidarity and steadfastly adhering to our principles, we can deter any unlawful provocation,” President Yoon Suk Yeol said in his address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
President Kim Jong Un of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Tuesday evening received a heroic welcome from thousands of North Koreans that waited at the train station in the capital Pyongyang.
According to local media reports in the country, the Pyongyang Railway Station was turned into a veritable sea of flowers carrying the ardent passion of all the people across the country, who had eagerly waited for the day when he would return home in good health from foreign tour.
Present at the station to greet him were Kim Tok Hun, Jo Yong Won and Choe Ryong Hae, members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK, and other senior officials of the Party, the government and the military.
The guard of honor of the Korean People’s Army (KPA) lined up there.
When the private green armoured train of Kim Jong Un entered the yard of the station amid the welcome music, the people at the station broke into ardent cheers of “Hurrah!” with their deep yearning.
Kim Jong Un got off the train and sent warm greetings to the cheering masses.
6-day Trip to Russia
During the six-day trip in Russia, the North Korean government said he had gone to deepen “comradely fellowship and friendly ties” with President Vladimir Putin.
Moscow and Pyongyang said they discussed boosting their defense ties but didn’t disclose any specific steps. Foreign experts speculate the two countries, both locked in confrontations with the West, were pushing to reach arms transfer deals.
While traveling through Russia’s far eastern region, Kim met Putin at Russia’s most important space launch center before visiting military sites to see some of Russia’s most advanced weapons systems such as nuclear-capable bombers, fighter jets and hypersonic missiles.
Kim has been pushing hard to bolster his nuclear arsenal citing what he called intensifying U.S. military threats.
However, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol warned that if North Korea “acquires the information and technology necessary to enhance its (weapons of mass destruction) capabilities in exchange for supporting Russia with conventional weapons, the deal will be a direct provocation, threatening the peace and security of not only Ukraine, but also the Republic of Korea.”
