Yoon Suk-yeol says Ukraine crisis creates space for North Korean ‘provocations’
Experts dubious about linking the two situations, say Ukraine has ‘little impact' on North Korea’s calculations
Kremlin | North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Vladivostok, April 25, 2019
South Korea’s leading conservative presidential candidate suggested on Sunday that North Korea may take advantage of the U.S. focus on Ukraine to conduct “strategic provocations.”
Yoon Suk-yeol’s remarks were the first time that a leading presidential candidate in the upcoming March 9 election attempted to link North Korea with the crisis in Eastern Europe.
South Korea’s leading conservative presidential candidate suggested on Sunday that North Korea may take advantage of the U.S. focus on Ukraine to conduct “strategic provocations.”
Yoon Suk-yeol’s remarks were the first time that a leading presidential candidate in the upcoming March 9 election attempted to link North Korea with the crisis in Eastern Europe.
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