Spy agency says Ukraine first requested confidentiality over transfer of N. Korean POWs

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SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Yonhap) -- Ukraine was the first to ask the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war (POWs) to South Korea be kept a secret, Seoul's spy agency said Wednesday, adding the two countries had a shared understanding to keep the transfer confidential from the beginning of the transfer process.

In a briefing to the National Assembly's intelligence committee, the National Intelligence Service (NIS) also said the two North Korean soldiers arrived in South Korea in mid-September and had no major health problems, according to committee members.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy disclosed during a United Nations address last week that Ukraine has sent the two North Korean soldiers captured last year to South Korea.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and his office have since said Ukraine breached a nondisclosure agreement aimed at keeping the transfer a secret to protect the soldiers from dangers they could face if their transfer were to be disclosed.

A Ukrainian presidential official was later reported to have denied the existence of a nondisclosure agreement.

The foreign ministry on Monday called in Andrii Vieshkin, acting ambassador of Ukraine to South Korea, and expressed strong concern over Ukraine's denial of the confidentiality agreement with South Korea.

North Korean soldiers, who were captured by Ukrainian forces, eat food sent by a group of North Korean defectors at a prisoner-of-war camp in Ukraine on Oct. 28, 2025, in this file photo provided by Gyeoreol Unification Solidarity. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

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Spy agency says Ukraine first requested confidentiality over transfer of N. Korean POWs

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首尔，9月30日（韩联社）——韩国情报机构周三表示，乌克兰是第一个要求将两名朝鲜战俘移交给韩国的国家，并补充说，两国从一开始就达成共识，要对移交过程保密。

韩国国家情报院（NIS）在向国会情报委员会汇报时还表示，据委员会成员称，这两名朝鲜士兵于9月中旬抵达韩国，并且没有出现重大健康问题。

乌克兰总统泽连斯基上周在联合国发表讲话时透露，乌克兰已将去年俘获的两名朝鲜士兵送往韩国。

韩国总统李在明及其办公室随后表示，乌克兰违反了旨在保密此次移交的保密协议，以保护士兵免受移交信息泄露后可能面临的危险。

据报道，一名乌克兰总统官员后来否认存在保密协议。

周一，外交部召见了乌克兰驻韩国代理大使安德烈·维什金，对乌克兰否认与韩国签署保密协议表示强烈关切。

这张由“统一团结”组织提供的资料照片显示，2025年10月28日，在乌克兰的一个战俘营里，被乌克兰军队俘虏的朝鲜士兵正在食用一群朝鲜脱北者送来的食物。（照片非卖品）（韩联社）

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情报机构称，乌克兰最初要求对移交朝鲜战俘一事保密。