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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Hyung-Jin Kim

South Korea to recall its ambassador to Ukraine over North Korean POW dispute

EUR-GEN UCRANIA-GUERRA - (AP)

South Korea said Thursday it will recall its ambassador to Ukraine, stepping up its protest against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s recent revelation of a supposedly secret transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea.

The South Korean announcement came days after its President Lee Jae Myung threatened to take unspecified punitive steps if Ukraine refuses to apologize over the revelation.

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