South Korea says Myanmar arms ban in place after U.N. concern

South Korea said on Wednesday its ban on the sale of arms to Myanmar remained in place even though it had invited an envoy appointed by its military rulers to an event promoting the sale of weapons.
Thomas Andrews, U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, had expressed “extreme concern” that the Myanmar ambassador, Thant Sin, attended the event hosted by South Korea’s foreign ministry in May, saying it had legitimised the junta and raised doubts about South Korea’s ban.
Myanmar has been in crisis since the military ousted an elected government led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021, with most Western governments isolating the generals and cutting off arms sales but others, including Russia and China, maintaining close relations.