South Korea recalls ambassador to Ukraine amid deepening dispute over North Korean POWs
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South Korea said on Thursday it would recall its ambassador to Ukraine as a diplomatic dispute deepens over the transfer of North Korean prisoners of war to Seoul.The row erupted after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy disclosed the prisoner transfer last month, prompting anger in Seoul over concerns that the revelation had put the prisoners’ families in North Korea at risk.“The government has decided to recall its ambassador to Ukraine,” South Korea’s foreign ministry said in…
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