Seoul and Kyiv are embroiled in a diplomatic dispute, with Seoul strongly protesting against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's disclosure of the transfer during his U.N. South Korea accuses Ukraine of violating a nondisclosure agreement on the transfer, but Kyiv has denied agreeing to such a deal.
Seoul and Kyiv are embroiled in a diplomatic dispute, with Seoul strongly protesting against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's disclosure of the transfer during his U.N.
South Korea accuses Ukraine of violating a nondisclosure agreement on the transfer, but Kyiv has denied agreeing to such a deal.
The arrival of the North Korean soldiers in mid-September could also spell trouble for South Korea's liberal government, which hopes to improve ties with Pyongyang.
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Seoul and Kyiv are embroiled in a diplomatic dispute, with Seoul strongly protesting against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's disclosure of the transfer during his U.N. South Korea accuses Ukraine of violating a nondisclosure agreement on the transfer, but Kyiv has denied agreeing to such a deal. The arrival of the North Korean soldiers in mid-September could also spell trouble for South Korea's liberal government, which hopes to improve ties with Pyongyang.
SEOUL — South Korea's president threatened Friday to take unspecified punitive steps against Ukraine if it refuses to apologize over its revelation of a supposedly secret transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea.
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