South Korea has agreed to “lend” the US 500,000 155mm artillery shells, the South Korean newspaper DongA Ilbo reported on Wednesday.
The report said the US and South Korea agreed on the deal in March, but there’s been no public confirmation from either side. The reason to lend the shells instead of selling them is that Seoul wants to minimize the chance they end up in Ukraine due to South Korea’s policy of not sending arms into conflict zones.