Row between Ukraine, South Korea mounts over North Korean POWs

Al Jazeera reports: South Korea’s ⁠President accused Ukraine of ⁠undermining him and called on Kyiv to apologise. South Korea’s ⁠President ⁠Lee Jae Myung has expressed anger at Ukraine over comments by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a speech at the UN which appeared to reveal a secret deal by which Kyiv would transfer North Korean prisoners of war to Seoul. In a social media post on Friday, Lee accused Ukraine of undermining him and ⁠warned that Zelenskyy’s ⁠remarks about an imminent military clash between North and South Korea amounted to invoking the risk of war on the Korean Peninsula.

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WilluChill News DeskUkraine · Published Friday, October 2, 2026 at 2:54 AM UTCUpdated Friday, October 2, 2026 at 3:35 AM UTC

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