Central Seoul echoed to the tramp of marching boots and the rumble of tank engines as, for the first time in a decade, a military parade wound through the capital to mark Armed Forces Day.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol issued a sharp warning Wednesday about growing Russia-North Korea strategic ties, telling the U.N. General Assembly that Seoul and its allies "will not stand idly by" if Moscow is helping Pyongyang advance its nuclear weapons program.
How many 152mm artillery shells could be bartered for a SU-57 stealth fighter bomber? How many days' work by a company of North Korean laborers will get you an aid package of food and fuel? How many 122mm tactical rockets buy a satellite launch?
South Korea's president said the international community "will unite more tightly" to cope with deepening military cooperation between Russia and North Korea, as he plans to raise the issue with world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly this week.