{"id":2198967,"date":"2022-09-15T09:57:31","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T09:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nknews.org\/koreapro\/?p=2198967"},"modified":"2023-04-05T16:11:36","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T07:11:36","slug":"south-korea-has-to-follow-us-on-russia-but-risks-economic-and-security-fallout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2022\/09\/south-korea-has-to-follow-us-on-russia-but-risks-economic-and-security-fallout\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea has to follow US on Russia, but risks economic and security fallout"},"content":{"rendered":"
South Korea might not like it, but its gradual falling out with Russia following the invasion of Ukraine and Moscow\u2019s subsequent isolation from the West is all but inevitable.<\/span><\/p>\n The country\u2019s trade with Russia, which essentially <\/span>grew from the ground up<\/span><\/a> from the end of the Cold War, is <\/span>on the decline<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n After initially <\/span>dragging its feet<\/span><\/a> on joining sanctions following Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine \u2014 apparently in an attempt to salvage this once burgeoning relationship \u2014 Seoul finally acquiesced, to which Moscow responded by labeling South Korea as an <\/span>\u201cunfriendly\u201d state<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n This fallout looks set to impact South Korean trade and security, since Russia is rewarding North Korea for being <\/span>one of the few countries<\/span><\/a> that stood by it after the start of the war.<\/span><\/p>\n However, even though South Korea isn\u2019t taking the extra step and <\/span>supplying weapons<\/span><\/a> to Ukraine, the war has opened up opportunities for it to sell arms to Europe at large after it was shaken by Russian aggression.<\/span><\/p>\n