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South Korea summons Russian ambassador as tensions rise with North Korea
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South Korea summons Russian ambassador as tensions rise with North Korea
![Ahn Young-Joon FILE - A North Korean military guard post, top, and a South Korean post, bottom, are seen from Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. South Korea’s military said Friday, June 21, 2024, that it again fired warnings shots to repel North Korean soldiers who temporarily crossed the rivals’ land border on Thursday for the third time this month.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1e613afaf3e64cf98093ab0234b717c9/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - A North Korean military guard post, top, and a South Korean post, bottom, are seen from Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. South Korea’s military said Friday, June 21, 2024, that it again fired warnings shots to repel North Korean soldiers who temporarily crossed the rivals’ land border on Thursday for the third time this month.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
![Uncredited In this photo provided by Fighters For A Free North Korea, North Korean defector Park Sang-hak, left, and a member of Fighters For A Free North Korea hold balloons bearing anti-North Korean propaganda leaflets in Paju, near the border with North Korea, South Korea, Thursday, June 20, 2024. A South Korea activists' group said Friday it again flew large balloons carrying anti-North Korean propaganda leaflets toward North Korea, adding to a campaign that aggravated animosities between the rivals and prompted a resumption of Cold War-style psychological warfare along their border. (Fighters For A Free North Korea via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b747277ad505485f88a53a347f8116b0/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
In this photo provided by Fighters For A Free North Korea, North Korean defector Park Sang-hak, left, and a member of Fighters For A Free North Korea hold balloons bearing anti-North Korean propaganda leaflets in Paju, near the border with North Korea, South Korea, Thursday, June 20, 2024. A South Korea activists' group said Friday it again flew large balloons carrying anti-North Korean propaganda leaflets toward North Korea, adding to a campaign that aggravated animosities between the rivals and prompted a resumption of Cold War-style psychological warfare along their border. (Fighters For A Free North Korea via AP)
![Choi Jae-Koo Russian Ambassador to South Korea Georgy Zinoviev arrives at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 21, 2024. South Korea summoned the Russian ambassador to protest a defense pact with North Korea on Friday, two days after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an agreement vowing mutual defense with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on a state visit to Pyongyang. (Choi Jae-koo/Yonhap via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a2443b2eabce4c6b9b6a611b4bc6d574/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Russian Ambassador to South Korea Georgy Zinoviev arrives at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 21, 2024. South Korea summoned the Russian ambassador to protest a defense pact with North Korea on Friday, two days after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an agreement vowing mutual defense with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on a state visit to Pyongyang. (Choi Jae-koo/Yonhap via AP)
![Lee Jin-Man Visitors uses binoculars to see the North Korean side from the unification observatory in Paju, South Korea, Friday, June 21, 2024. South Korea summoned the Russian ambassador to protest the country's new defense pact with North Korea on Friday, as border tensions continued to rise with vague threats and brief, seemingly accidental incursions by North Korean troops. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f7a0e1d9bdb94a37a767d5df8077c8f1/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Visitors uses binoculars to see the North Korean side from the unification observatory in Paju, South Korea, Friday, June 21, 2024. South Korea summoned the Russian ambassador to protest the country's new defense pact with North Korea on Friday, as border tensions continued to rise with vague threats and brief, seemingly accidental incursions by North Korean troops. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
![Lee Jin-Man North Korea's military guard post is seen from the unification observatory in Paju, South Korea, Friday, June 21, 2024. South Korea summoned the Russian ambassador to protest the country's new defense pact with North Korea on Friday, as border tensions continued to rise with vague threats and brief, seemingly accidental incursions by North Korean troops. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/8dbb64df464a41ef817df70e8d460cf4/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
North Korea's military guard post is seen from the unification observatory in Paju, South Korea, Friday, June 21, 2024. South Korea summoned the Russian ambassador to protest the country's new defense pact with North Korea on Friday, as border tensions continued to rise with vague threats and brief, seemingly accidental incursions by North Korean troops. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
![Lee Jin-Man North Korea's military guard post is seen in Paju, South Korea, Friday, June 21, 2024. South Korea summoned the Russian ambassador to protest the country's new defense pact with North Korea on Friday, as border tensions continued to rise with vague threats and brief, seemingly accidental incursions by North Korean troops. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/be00e7153b01420485216e385705c11c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
North Korea's military guard post is seen in Paju, South Korea, Friday, June 21, 2024. South Korea summoned the Russian ambassador to protest the country's new defense pact with North Korea on Friday, as border tensions continued to rise with vague threats and brief, seemingly accidental incursions by North Korean troops. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)