{"id":2205513,"date":"2024-06-20T08:00:39","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T23:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/?p=2205513"},"modified":"2024-06-19T19:48:47","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T10:48:47","slug":"south-koreas-security-at-risk-as-russia-and-north-korea-strengthen-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2024\/06\/south-koreas-security-at-risk-as-russia-and-north-korea-strengthen-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea\u2019s security at risk as Russia and North Korea strengthen partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Russia and North Korea have <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kremlin.ru\/supplement\/6154\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">signed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a comprehensive strategic partnership treaty, an agreement to construct a border road bridge across the Tumen River and a cooperation agreement in healthcare, medical education and science. The two countries signed the agreements during Russian leader Vladimir Putin\u2019s state visit to Pyongyang on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The strategic partnership agreement provides for \u201cmutual assistance\u201d in the event of \u201caggression\u201d against either country, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/rian_ru\/249919\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Russian state media<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> cited Putin as saying. Putin also reportedly praised North Korea\u2019s support of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, stating that it is \u201canother proof of its [North Korea\u2019s] sovereign policy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Why It Matters<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strengthening ties between Russia and North Korea pose significant challenges to South Korea\u2019s national security. While the provision for \u201cmutual assistance\u201d in case of \u201caggression\u201d is ambiguous and falls short of a formal mutual defense treaty, it still represents a significant deepening of the two countries\u2019 relationship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Putin\u2019s praise of North Korea\u2019s support for Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine as proof of its \u201csovereign policy\u201d is likely a veiled criticism of South Korea, which has joined Western partners in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/english.moef.go.kr\/pc\/selectTbPressCenterDtl.do?boardCd=N0001&amp;seq=5308\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">imposing<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2024\/04\/sanctions-strain-south-korea-russia-ties-as-seoul-weighs-military-aid-to-ukraine\/#:~:text=The%20sanctions%2C%20announced%20on%20April,financial%20assistance%20to%20North%20Korea.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sanctions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Russia. This puts South Korea in an awkward position, as President Yoon Suk-yeol emphasized during last month\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2024\/05\/yoons-press-conference-apologetic-tone-unchanged-stance-on-key-issues\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">press conference<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the need to manage relations with Russia on a case-by-case basis while pursuing economic ties and shared interests, despite previously describing Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine as \u201cillegal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In response to the Russia-North Korea agreement, South Korea will likely further emphasize <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2024\/06\/u-s-south-korea-and-japan-institutionalize-partnership-amid-challenges\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">trilateral cooperation with the U.S. and Japan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and seek <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofa.go.kr\/www\/brd\/m_4080\/view.do?seq=375115\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China\u2019s cooperation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to pressure North Korea. Last month\u2019s South Korea-Japan-China <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2024\/05\/trilateral-summit-outcomes-shape-future-of-trade-and-economic-cooperation\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">trilateral summit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> led to a joint declaration where all three countries <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofa.go.kr\/eng\/brd\/m_5674\/view.do?seq=321010\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reiterated<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. However, whether Seoul will consider providing direct lethal military assistance to Ukraine remains uncertain.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/tag\/defense-security\/\"><span class=\"tag\">Defense &amp; Security<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/tag\/inter-korean-foreign-relations\/\"><span class=\"tag\">Inter-Korean &amp; Foreign Relations<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia and North Korea have signed a comprehensive strategic partnership treaty, an agreement to construct a border road bridge across the Tumen River and a cooperation agreement in healthcare, medical education and science. The two countries signed the agreements during Russian leader Vladimir Putin\u2019s state visit to Pyongyang on Wednesday. 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