South Korea's presidential office believes that the Wagner PMC mutiny in Russia and its consequences have affected Seoul's interests, Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday.
"We can't think of the Wagner incident as being completely over. We're analyzing the impact of this incident," a presidential official said.
"It’s an event that impacts our national interests," another official said. He warned that the insurgency should not be seen as a "small event" that emerged from Russia's military operation in Ukraine.
A South Korean diplomat said on Tuesday it was too early to judge whether the rebellion would affect "North Korean arms supplies to Russia," a trade the US claimed was taking place. He stressed that the South Korean government is monitoring the situation.
On the evening of 23 June, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Wagner PMC, claimed on his Telegram channel that Wagner units had been attacked, accusing senior Russian officers of complicity in the situation. The Ministry of Defense, in turn, described the information as fake.
Wagner's units, supported by Prigozhin, headed for Rostov-on-Don and then turned toward Moscow. The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) opened a criminal case related to advocacy of armed insurrection. Russian President Vladimir Putin called Wagner's actions treachery in a televised address.
Later, in agreement with Putin, the Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko held talks with Prigozhin, after which the Wagner fighters resigned and withdrew to their base camp. The FSB said criminal charges against Prigozhin were dropped.
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