Kim Jong Un’s sister denies North Korea has supplied weapons to Russia

Foreign experts believe North Korea’s recent series of artillery and short-range missile tests were meant to examine or advertise the weapons

Kim Jong Un’s sister denies North Korea has supplied weapons to Russia (Jorge Silva/Pool Photo via AP)

Hyung Jin-Kim

The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has again denied that her country has exported any weapons to Russia, labelling outside speculation on the countries’ arms dealings as “the most absurd paradox”.

The US, South Korea and others have accused North Korea of supplying artillery, missiles and other conventional weapons to Russia for its war in Ukraine in return for advanced military technologies and economic aid. Both North Korea and Russia have repeatedly dismissed that.