Ukraine Triggers Korea Election Security Debate

North’s missile provocations take on a whole new cast

By: Shim Jae Hoon

Russia’s aggression in Ukraine and China’s menacing posture on Taiwan is prompting national security jitters in South Korea as voters go to the polls on March 9 to elect a successor to President Moon Jae-in, whose term ends in May.

The spectacle of nuclear Leviathan Russia mercilessly pounding a small, hapless next-door neighbor has stun…