S. Korean ambassador to Ukraine returns home amid dispute over N.K. POW disclosure

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SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's ambassador to Ukraine returned home Saturday after being recalled in protest of Kyiv's disclosure of the transfer of North Korean prisoners of war (POWs) to Seoul, the foreign ministry said.

Ambassador Park Ki-chang arrived two days after the foreign ministry announced the recall in response to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's disclosure of the transfer and Kyiv's subsequent denial that it had agreed with Seoul to keep the matter confidential.

The two North Korean soldiers were captured in January 2025 while fighting for Russia in the Kursk region and arrived in South Korea in mid-September, according to officials here.

Seoul has said a non-disclosure agreement was reached with Kyiv at Ukraine's request to protect the soldiers and their families, who remain in North Korea, and that Zelenskyy breached the agreement when he revealed the transfer during an address to the U.N. General Assembly in New York last month.

Kyiv has said there was no such agreement.

It is rare for the government to recall an ambassador as a form of protest, and the last time South Korea did so was in 2008, when it recalled its envoy to Japan.

"We hope that various issues between the two countries will be resolved smoothly, and we will continue consultations with the Ukrainian side to that end," the foreign ministry said Thursday while announcing the recall.

South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun (R) and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha (2nd from L) hold talks, in this undated file photo provided by Seoul's foreign ministry. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

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首尔，10 月 10 日（韩联社）——韩国外交部表示，韩国驻乌克兰大使周六返回韩国，此前他因抗议基辅方面披露将朝鲜战俘转移到首尔而遭到召回。

在韩国外交部宣布召回大使两天后，朴基昌大使抵达韩国。此前，乌克兰总统泽连斯基披露了此次调动，而基辅方面随后否认曾与首尔达成协议对此事保密。

据韩国官员称，这两名朝鲜士兵于 2025 年 1 月在库尔斯克地区为俄罗斯作战时被俘，并于 9 月中旬抵达韩国。

首尔方面表示，应乌克兰的要求，与基辅达成了一项保密协议，以保护仍留在朝鲜的士兵及其家属；泽连斯基上个月在纽约联合国大会上发表讲话时透露了这一转移，违反了该协议。

基辅方面表示，根本不存在这样的协议。

政府很少会以召回大使的方式进行抗议，韩国上一次这样做是在 2008 年，当时它召回了驻日本大使。

“我们希望两国之间的各种问题能够顺利解决，并将继续与乌克兰方面进行磋商，以实现这一目标，”外交部周四在宣布召回时表示。

韩国外交部长赵显铉（右）与乌克兰外交部长安德烈·西比哈（左二）举行会谈。这张由首尔外交部提供的资料照片未注明拍摄日期。（照片不得出售）（韩联社）

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（导语）韩国因朝鲜战俘信息泄露争议召回驻乌克兰大使

韩国方面表示，目前没有确认向俄罗斯出口燃料，并誓言严格执行出口管制措施。

青瓦台否认乌克兰关于韩国向俄罗斯提供燃料的说法

乌克兰外交部长称，乌克兰就泄露朝鲜战俘信息一事提供的道歉“不够充分”。

韩国驻乌克兰大使因朝鲜战俘信息披露争议返回韩国