South Korea summons Russian ambassador

South Korea's foreign ministry on Saturday summoned the top Russian envoy to Seoul to protest a recent statement by a Russian foreign ministry official on President Yoon Suk Yeol's view of the North Korean regime, Report informs via Yonhap.

On Wednesday, Yoon described North Korea as the only country in the world to legalize the preemptive use of nuclear weapons as tensions escalated over a series of weapons tests by the North since the start of the year.

Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova criticized Yoon's remarks as being "blatantly biased" in a commentary released the following day.