Lawmaker proposes sending Cheongung-II air defense system to Ukraine

Rep. Yu Yong-weon, a lawmaker with the conservative People Power Party, said South Korea should consider sending the air defense system Cheongung-II to war-stricken Ukraine. Yu said in a press conference at the National Assembly Tuesday that the dispatch of the South Korean-made interceptor system made to counter aircraft, drones and missiles would not breach South Korea's principle of not sending lethal weapons to the country at war with Russia for years. Yu's proposal came after Ukrainian Pres