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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Soo-hyang Choi

South Korea seeks cooperation from China, Russia as U.N. meets on North Korea

FILE PHOTO: South Korea's Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Kim Gunn speaks during the Japan-US-Soutn Korea Trilateral Meeting on North Korea at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on September 7, 2022. Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool via REUTERS

South Korea on Monday asked for the "active cooperation" of China and Russia to prevent North Korea from conducting further missile tests, hours ahead of a U.N. Security Council meeting on the North's test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile.

South Korea's nuclear envoy Kim Gunn spoke with the Chinese and Russian ambassadors in Seoul, the foreign ministry said in a statement, and asked them to help hold North Korea accountable for its "provocations".

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