# Ukraine was first to request secrecy over North Korean POW transfer: South Korea

https://mins.news/en/item/79760

- TRT World, 2026-09-30 05:57 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.trtworld.com/article/8311a077065e

> South Korea says Ukraine was the first to request secrecy over the transfer of North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea. Lawmaker Yu Yong-weon discussed photographs of two transferred North Korean POWs at his Seoul office.

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