South Korea's Lee threatens action against Ukraine over transfer of North Korean soldiers
Lee said South Korea may take further steps after Kyiv disclosed the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war and denied a secrecy deal.
- On Friday, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung threatened "further action" against Ukraine unless Kyiv acknowledges a confidentiality agreement covering two North Korean prisoners of war and issues a public apology.
- Diplomatic tensions escalated after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced the transfer at the United Nations General Assembly last month, with Seoul claiming the move violated a confidentiality agreement meant to protect the soldiers.
- Lee accused Kyiv of "attempting to provoke a war on the Korean Peninsula," while Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha described the situation as a "diplomatic misunderstanding" and said Kyiv is "working" to resolve it.
- Rejecting the "misunderstanding" characterization as an affront to "the dignity of the Korean people and the nation," Lee reiterated his demand, warning that continued refusal will trigger "additional measures."
- Cho Han-bum of the Korea Institute for National Unification noted that Ukraine has more to lose in prolonged confrontation, as Seoul provides $100 million in non-lethal support and relies on Kyiv for North Korean military intelligence.
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South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung said on Friday that Seoul would take "additional measures" if Ukraine did not publicly apologize for what he said was the unilateral transfer of North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea.
On Friday, the South Korean Presidency warned that it would take "other measures" if Ukraine did not offer official excuses for having revealed the transfer of two North Korean soldiers to South Korea, after their capture by the Kiev armed forces during the conflict with Russia.
Seoul ups the ante in North Korean POW transfer feud with Ukraine
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Friday threatened unspecified measures against Ukraine unless Kyiv acknowledged what Seoul says was a confidentiality agreement covering the transfer of two captured North Korean soldiers and apologised. “If the refusal to acknowledge the facts and issue a public apology continues, we will take additional measures,” Lee said in a social media post. Lee also expressed “grave regret” over what he described …
South Korea President Lee Jae Myung threatened to take "additional unspecified measures if Ukraine will not apologize publicly for revealing that two North Korean prisoners of war were sent to the South," writes BBC. Ukrainian leader Volodimir Zelenski made the revelation to the UN General Assembly last week, provoking ...
South Korea's President E Jay Myong has warned Ukraine to take additional measures if it still refuses to formally apologize for the revelation of the dispatch of two North Korean soldiers, captured while participating in the Russian war, to South Korea.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung warned on Friday that it will take "other steps if Ukraine refuses to apologize officially after Kiev's unilateral disclosure of the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war," reports AFP...
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