South Korea imposed sanctions on 11 individuals and 15 legal entities involved in military cooperation between North Korea and Russia, including Kim Yong-bok (deputy chief of General Staff), Sin Kum-chol (operations bureau director), Ri Pong-chun (army general heading Storm Corps), and Ri Song-jin (missile developer).
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South Korea has imposed sanctions on 11 individuals and 15 legal entities involved in military cooperation between the DPRK and Russia
South Korea imposed sanctions on 11 individuals and 15 entities engaged in illegal military cooperation between Russia and North Korea
Among the sanctioned individuals are high-ranking North Korean military officers deployed to Russia and a senior missile engineer in the North Korean army, as well as an elite unit called Storm Corps and their commander
The sanctions list includes seven Russian individuals and 13 organizations, including several banks
Seoul accused them of facilitating arms trade between Russia and North Korea, supplying the Russian military with North Korean telecommunications equipment, and helping North Korea's nuclear and missile program
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