Seoul's anger with Kyiv over POWs may be driven by worries about its ties to North Korea
South Korea has threatened Ukraine with unspecified punitive measures after Zelenskyy publicly revealed the secret transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to Seoul.
South Korea’s president has threatened to take unspecified punitive steps against Ukraine if it refuses to apologize over its revelation of a supposedly secret transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea
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