Ex-ICC president says now is right time to refer Kim Jong-un to justice for aiding Putin's aggression

Now is the right time to refer North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for aiding Russian President Vladimir Putin's aggression against Ukraine, a former ICC president said Wednesday. Song Sang-hyun, former president of the Hague-based ICC, made the remarks in a copy of his speech to the 2025 Seoul World Convention on North Korean Human Rights, which was released in advance. "If the main culprit in the war with Ukraine is Russia, the North Korean regime, responsible for supplying weapons and ammunition, would be no less than an accessory or contributor," Song said. "Now is the right time to refer Kim Jong-un to the ICC." He said Kim's deployment of troops to support Russia in the war constitutes an act serious enough to make him a joint principal offender alongside Putin. In March 2023, the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin over suspected war crimes connected to Russia's war against Ukraine. Since October last year, North Korea has deployed 15,000 troops to Russia in support of its war with Ukraine, as well as ammunition anWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times