South Korea Accuses North Korea Of Supplying Weapons For Hamas

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JAKARTA - South Korea's Foreign Ministry expressed great concern over North Korea's arms deals, after South Korean spy agents confirmed that North Korean weapons were used by the Palestinian Hamas group in a war with Israel.

South Korea's National Intelligence Agency (NIS) released a photo of a North Korean rocket section showing Hamas fighters using F-7 rocket-powered grenade launchers manufactured in Pyongyang, the Seoul-based Yonhap news agency reported.

"The government is deeply concerned about North Korea's arms shipments abroad," Foreign Ministry spokesman Lim Soo Suk told a news conference reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, January 9.

"Every arms trade with North Korea is clearly a violation of the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council (DK PBB), which seriously threatens international peace and security, as well as the Korean Peninsula," he said.

He said South Korea would continue to work closely with the United States, Japan and other countries to ensure all UN members comply with Security Council resolutions, and state their position on the matter at the UN DK meeting.

The South Korean military previously expressed concern North Korea might have military ties to Hamas, and Pyongyang would use the same military tactics Hamas used in its war with Israel to attack Seoul suddenly.