South Korea ‘Dramatically Strengthening’ Nuclear Force Amid Russia Threat [Video]

South Korea is ramping up its nuclear defenses in response to the security threat posed by North Korea’s deepening alliance with Russia, President Yoon Suk Yeol said in a speech shared on Monday in the National Assembly.

In recent weeks, Ukrainian, South Korean, and Western intelligence agencies have reported that North Korea is deploying around 10,000-12,000 troops to Russia to support President Vladimir Putin’s war machine.

Yoon said that “illegal military cooperation between North Korea and Russia poses a great threat to our security” in a keynote speech on the budget bill, which South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo read at a session of the National Assembly.

“Based on the Washington Declaration in April last year, we have dramatically strengthened our nuclear deterrence against North Korea by activating the ROK-US integrated extended deterrence system,” Yoon said.