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Seoul recalls its ambassador from Kyiv over captured North Korean soldiers
South Korea says Ukraine broke a confidentiality agreement. Kyiv says the two sides read the deal differently.
South Korea is recalling its ambassador to Ukraine after Zelensky told the UN General Assembly that two captured North Korean soldiers had been handed to Seoul. Seoul calls it a breach of a confidentiality agreement; Kyiv says the two sides understood it differently.
Both soldiers were among the thousands North Korea sent to fight for Russia. After their capture they asked to resettle in South Korea, fearing persecution at home.
Where accounts differKyiv denies having agreed to keep the transfer secret. Seoul says Ukraine proposed the agreement in the first place.
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