South Korean leader warns Russia against weapons collaboration with the North

South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York (Richard Drew/AP/PA)

South Korea’s president sounded a warning to fellow world leaders on Wednesday about possible co-operation between North Korea and Russia.

Speaking before the UN General Assembly in New York, Yoon Suk Yeol said any action by a permanent UN Security Council member to circumvent international norms would be dangerous and “paradoxical”.