The article describes a heated debate at the United Nations Security Council in New York, where South Korea, the United States, Russia, and North Korea exchanged sharp remarks over North Korea’s deployment of troops to Russia. Hwang Joon-kook, South Korea’s Ambassador to the UN, criticized the deployment, expressing concerns that North Korean soldiers might become “cannon fodder” and that any wages due to the soldiers from Russia would end up in Kim Jong Un’s pocket. Robert Wood, the U.S. Deputy Representative to the UN, warned that if North Korean troops entered Ukraine, they would likely return home in coffins and advised Kim Jong Un to think twice.
On the other hand, Russia’s Ambassador to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, downplayed concerns about the deployment, suggesting that North Korea is trying to distance itself from issues threatening world peace and that there is no need to be alarmed by statements regarding North Korean troops. North Korea’s Ambassador to the UN, Kim Song, asserted that North Korea and Russia have the right to develop bilateral relations in political, economic, military, and cultural fields, fully in line with international law.
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