{"id":13453,"date":"2024-02-05T20:57:37","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T15:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asia.businessupturn.com\/?p=13453"},"modified":"2024-02-05T20:57:37","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T15:27:37","slug":"diplomatic-rift-deepens-as-south-korea-expresses-disapproval-of-russian-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/east-asia\/south-korea\/diplomatic-rift-deepens-as-south-korea-expresses-disapproval-of-russian-criticism\/13453\/","title":{"rendered":"Diplomatic rift deepens as South Korea expresses disapproval of Russian criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The South Korean administration summoned Russian ambassadors to express disapproval of Moscow\u2019s criticism of President Yoon Suk Yeol\u2019s recent remarks regarding North Korea\u2019s nuclear weapons development, which heightened tensions between the two countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Korea\u2019s deputy foreign minister for political affairs, Chung Byung-won, informed Ambassador Georgy Zinoviev on Saturday of the nation\u2019s disapproval. The South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Chung stressed how the Russian fury over President Yoon\u2019s remarks would only damage relations between the two countries on a diplomatic level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ministry delivered a statement in which Deputy Minister Chung expressed regret for Russia\u2019s rejection of reality and unwavering support for North Korea. He made the observation that the harsh rhetoric used to criticise President Yoon\u2019s remarks will only worsen ties between Russia and Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following North Korea\u2019s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin strengthened connections with Seoul\u2019s enemy, leading to the current diplomatic rift. North Korea has been charged by the US and its allies with supplying large quantities of missiles to Russia, purportedly in aid of Moscow\u2019s military operation in Ukraine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Concerns are raised over how the crisis may affect international relations and how the region\u2019s alliances may change. The seriousness of the situation is highlighted by South Korea\u2019s decision to call for Russian ambassadors, which suggests a possible strain in diplomatic ties between the two nations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korea\u2019s deputy foreign minister for political affairs, Chung Byung-won, informed Ambassador Georgy Zinoviev on Saturday of the nation\u2019s disapproval. The South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Chung stressed how the Russian fury over President Yoon\u2019s remarks would only damage relations between the two countries on a diplomatic level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":368,"featured_media":13455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[8797,8796,8798,470,8799,5831,215,294,283,275],"class_list":["post-13453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-south-korea","tag-chung-byung-won","tag-georgy-zinoviev","tag-maria-zakharova","tag-north-korea","tag-south-korean-ministry-of-foreign-affairs","tag-u-n-security-council","tag-ukraine","tag-united-states","tag-vladimir-putin","tag-yoon-suk-yeol"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/368"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}