{"id":64920,"date":"2024-06-14T13:37:12","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T04:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/article\/2024\/jun\/14\/vladimir-putin-north-korea-visit-us-south-korea-ukraine-war-weapons"},"modified":"2024-06-14T13:37:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T04:37:12","slug":"us-and-south-korea-sound-warning-amid-reports-putin-is-headed-to-north-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=64920","title":{"rendered":"US and South Korea sound warning amid reports Putin is headed to North Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Civilian aircraft have been cleared from Pyongyang\u2019s airport and there are signs of preparations for a possible parade in Kim Il-sung Square<\/p>\n<p>The US and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/south-korea\">South Korea<\/a> have warned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/vladimir-putin\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> against forging closer military ties with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/north-korea\">North Korea<\/a>, as speculation grows that the Russian leader will visit the secretive state in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>Putin is planning to meet the North Korean leader, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/kim-jong-un\">Kim Jong-un<\/a>, in a reciprocal visit following Kim\u2019s weeklong <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/sep\/15\/vladimir-putin-kim-jong-un-summit-russia-north-korea-meeting-five-things\">trip to Russia<\/a> last September, media reports said. During that trip, the two leaders are believed to have agreed that North Korea would receive Russian help with its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/article\/2024\/may\/28\/north-korea-spy-satellite-explodes-in-flight-as-latest-launch-fails\">space programme<\/a> in return for providing Russia with armaments for the war in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/ukraine\">Ukraine<\/a>, in violation of UN resolutions.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/article\/2024\/jun\/14\/vladimir-putin-north-korea-visit-us-south-korea-ukraine-war-weapons\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Civilian aircraft have been cleared from Pyongyang\u2019s airport and there are signs of preparations for a possible parade in Kim Il-sung SquareThe US and South Korea have warned Vladimir Putin against forging closer military ties with North Korea, as spec&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,40,222,818,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-north-korea","category-south-korea","category-vladimir-putin","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64921,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64920\/revisions\/64921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}