However in 2007 and 2008 South Korea was the largest arms importer, as it stocked up with American weapons in response to its increasingly belligerent neighbour, North Korea.

• 然而，在2007和2008两年进口武器最多的国家却是韩国。韩国从美国购买了大量武器，以回应其越来越挑衅的邻居朝鲜。