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Ukraine to Request Military Assistance from South Korea (mil.in.ua)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

South Korea is just a "global partner" and protections afforded by NATO article 5 do not extend into "global partners", only to "full members". So, from a NATO perspective, it would be very convenient to send South Korean troops (or from any other non-NATO country) to reinforce Ukraine and avoid triggering Putin's claims of direct NATO involvement. In any case, South Korean cooperation would be needed to help handle an eventual influx of North Korean defectors and POWs

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

South Korea has a lot of useful equipment and the supply chains (factories) to build a lot of it. That equipment is what Ukraine needs more than anything, ideally at a low price (or under generous loan terms)