# South Korea demands Ukraine apologise over disclosure of North Korean POW transfer

https://mins.news/en/video/76619

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-09-28 06:14 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DBCYAjo1OQ

> South Korea is demanding an apology from Ukraine for revealing the transfer of two captured North Korean soldiers. Seoul says President Volodymyr Zelenskyy breached a confidentiality agreement by disclosing it at the UN General Assembly, while Kyiv denies any such agreement existed. The soldiers, from a North Korean contingent sent to support Russia, sought asylum in South Korea because they feared execution if returned home.

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