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Seoul ups the ante in Ukraine feud over North Korean POW transfer disclosure

Reuters · South China Morning Post
Published 2 Oct 2026, 2:06 pm·5 d ago·1 min read
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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 as Ukrainian remarks about an imminent ⁠military...

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