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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Hyung-Jin Kim

South Korea says Zelenskyy's revelation of a secret POW transfer was likely a play for more support

UN General Assembly - (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)

South Korea’s spy agency said Wednesday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy 's recent revelation of a supposedly secret transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to the South was likely meant to generate public support in this Asian democracy for greater assistance to Ukraine.

Zelenskyy’s disclosure during his U.N. speech last week of the transfer of the captured soldiers has stunned South Korea and drawn strong protests. Seoul called on Kyiv to apologize and explain the violation of what it said was a nondisclosure agreement about the transfer. Ukraine denied agreeing to any such deal.

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