Politics
South Korea demands apology from Ukraine over POW transfer disclosure
September 28, 2026 at 05:25 AM · Updated 18d ago
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4 reports · 2 in Arabic, 2 in English · over 20 hours
BNBBC News
South Korea summons Ukraine envoy over North Korean prisoner-of-war row
(opens the publisher’s site)SNSky News Arabia
أوكرانيا كشفت "السر".. وكوريا الجنوبية تطالب باعتذار
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
أزمة الأسيرين تتفاعل وسول تتهم كييف بالكذب وتطالبها بالاعتذار
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AJAl Jazeera English
South Korea, Ukraine relations sour over North Korean POW transfer
(opens the publisher’s site)Seoul accused Kyiv of breaking a secret agreement by disclosing the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war, and demanded an official apology.
- South Korea's presidential office demanded official clarification and an apology, saying it is considering additional measures.
- Senior presidential secretary Seong Ghi-hong said Ukraine violated a bilateral confidentiality agreement and falsely denied its existence.
- Zelenskyy aide Dmytro Lytvyn said Ukraine is an open state and only disclosed that the two were sent to South Korea.
- President Zelenskyy announced the transfer of the two soldiers, captured in Russia's Kursk region in January 2025, at the UN General Assembly.
- South Korea summoned Ukraine's acting ambassador Andrii Vieshkin over the disclosure of the two North Korean soldiers' transfer.
- President Lee Jae Myung called the revelation 'greatly disappointing' amid the two sides' dispute over whether the agreement existed.