[HIGHLIGHTS] South Korea: US will lose global leadership if it leaves North Korea with nuclear weapons

South Korea: US will lose global leadership if it leaves North Korea with nuclear weapons. Earlier, Russian Ambassador to North Korea Alexander Matsegora said that Moscow does not rule out the possibility of North Korea conducting nuclear tests.

In October, South Korean Defense Minister Shin Won-sik said he would strengthen military cooperation with the United States and would also respond harshly to possible “provocations by North Korea’s” The U.S. will need to give up its global leadership, says the head of the Ministry of Defense.