South Korea has lodged an official protest with Russia over its new partnership agreement with North Korea and demanded an immediate halt to military cooperation with Pyongyang. Two days after Russian President Vladimir Putin visited North Korea, the foreign ministry on Friday summoned Moscow’s ambassador in Seoul, Georgy Zinoviev. Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Hong Kyun conveyed the government’s readiness to take decisive action with the international community against any behaviour that threatens the people of South Korea, the ministry said. North Korea has for decades been illegally developin…