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Seoul demands an apology after Zelenskyy reveals North Korean POWs were sent to South Korea
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South Korea demanded an apology from Ukraine for “unilaterally and abruptly” revealing that Kyiv transferred North Korean prisoners-of-war — captured fighting for Russia — to Seoul.
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Seoul demanded an official apology and explanation from Kyiv, accusing Ukraine of violating an agreement to keep confidential the transfer of North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea.
South Korea has accused Ukraine of breaching a confidentiality agreement over the transfer of North Korean prisoners of war — and of denying the deal's existence. Seoul has demanded an apology.
South Korea has demanded an apology from Ukraine after President Zelenskyy revealed what Seoul says was supposed to be a secret transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea
South Korea's presidential office has demanded an apology from Ukraine for denying an agreement to keep the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to Seoul confidential.
SEOUL, South Korea — Seoul has called for an official apology from Ukraine after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy revealed what it says was supposed to be a secret transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed last week that Kyiv had transfered two captured North Koreans to Pyongyang's southern neighbor in January 2025, enraging Seoul.
The leftist government of South Korea demanded a public apology on Sunday from the government of Ukraine after President Volodymyr Zelensky told the United Nations General Assembly last week that his troops had captured North Korean soldiers on the battlefield – and sent them to the South.
Ukraine just angered another partner — one sitting on an arsenal of weapons that Kyiv wants. President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Sept. 23 announcement at the U.N. General Assembly that Ukraine’s two North Korean prisoners of war (POWs) were sent to South Korea was not well received in Seoul.
The South Korean government has been caught off guard by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s revelation that two North Korean soldiers have been handed over to Seoul’s custody, fearing the effect it will have on inter-Korean relations.
South Korea demanded an apology from Ukraine for “unilaterally and abruptly” revealing that Kyiv transferred North Korean prisoners-of-war — captured fighting for Russia — to Seoul.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s mention during a UN speech that Kyiv had sent two prisoners of war to South Korea has spiralled into a most unexpected crisis South Korea and Ukraine are locked in an escalating diplomatic dispute over who agreed what regarding the circumstances of two prisoners of war captured…
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