(7 Nov 2024)
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Seoul – 7 November 2024
1. Wide of news conference
2. Officials at news conference
3. Tilt-up of South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol speaking
4. Wide of Yoon
5. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s President:
"From a humanitarian and pacifist perspective, we are considering adjusting our approach to supporting Ukraine depending on the level of North Korean troops’ involvement. This means that we are not ruling out the possibility of providing weapons (to Ukraine), but we first need to continue monitoring the situation. If we do provide weapons to Ukraine, we may start with defensive weapons."
6. Wide of journalists
7. Wide of news conference
8. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s President:
"I believe that the trilateral cooperation between South Korea, the U.S. and Japan will continue smoothly even during President (Donald) Trump’s administration. We (Trump and Yoon) said that we need to meet as soon as possible (during the phone conference)."
9. Wide of news conference
10. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s President:
"I discussed (with Trump over the phone) the issue of North Korea’s (provocations) like trash balloons, GPS jamming and the reckless launching of ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles), IRBMs (intermediate range ballistic missiles) and SRBMs (short range ballistic missiles), as well as how we should respond to this."
11. Wide of news conference
12. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s President:
"While it (economic situation) may not be exactly the same as how it was under the (President Joe) Biden administration, we are making efforts from multiple angles to minimize the damage and economic losses to our citizens. Preparations for this kind of risk hedging have been in place for a long time."
13. Various of news conference with Yoon
STORYLINE:
South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol said Thursday he is not ruling out supplying weapons to Ukraine.
Yoon said that Seoul may start with sending defensive weapons to Ukraine if it decides to provide weapons to support the country in its war with Russia.
Yoon said his government will continue assessing the situation and monitor the level of North Korean troops’ involvement in the war.
Yoon said he also discussed North Korea’s provocations including trash balloons, GPS jamming and missile provocations with the former U.S. president and now President-elect Donald Trump in a phone conference.
The leaders agreed that they should meet as soon as possible, Yoon said.
In response to a question about possible damage to South Korea’s economy due to stronger protectionist policies under the new U.S. administration, Yoon said his government had already been making preparations to minimize any potential impact.
AP video shot by Yong Ho Kim
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