Foreign Affairs
South Korea Demands Apologies from Kyiv After Breach of Confidentiality Agreement on North Korean Prisoners
The office of South Korean President Lee Jae-myung demanded an official apology from Ukraine after Kyiv publicly announced the extradition of two captured North Korean soldiers to Seoul, alleging a breach of a confidentiality agreement. The prisoners were taken in January 2025 in Russia's Kursk region as part of military support for Moscow. While South Korea considered further measures and condemned the unilateral disclosure, a Zelensky advisor defended the transparency, stating that transferring the troops secretly would have been unusual for an open country.
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