# Why South Korea is reluctant to help Ukraine as North Korea boosts Russia’s war effort

An episode of [The Briefing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/474763180), 12 Aug 2026, 26 min.

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Ukraine’s president warns that Pyongyang is increasingly bolstering Putin’s war effort. We ask what the fresh shipments of ground troops and weapons could mean for other Asian powers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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