Seoul pleads with Vladimir Putin to help tame North Korea
by Justin McCurry in Tokyo, Martin Farrer and agencie from on (#31AAE)
South Korean president tells Russian leader that situation risks becoming uncontrollable
The South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, has warned that the crisis on the Korean peninsula risks becoming "uncontrollable" as he sought Russian cooperation in a meeting with Vladimir Putin.
"The global political situation has become very serious due to North Korea's repeated provocations," Moon told the Russian president during bilateral talks in Vladivostok on Wednesday.
The North may have found a way to make a nuclear warhead small enough to put on a missile, but firing one at the South is likely to provoke retaliation in kind, which would end the regime.
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