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Seoul, Kyiv clash over secrecy of North Korean prisoner transfer
Seoul, Kyiv clash over secrecy of North Korean prisoner transfer SEOUL, September 26 (AJP) - South Korea on Saturday reaffirmed that it handled the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war from Ukraine according to legal and humanitarian principles, as Seoul and Kyiv offered conflicting accounts over whether the move was supposed to remain secret. A presidential office official, speaking to reporters in Mexico City during President Lee Jae Myung’s state visit, declined to directly respond to Ukraine’s denial that it had agreed to September 26, 2026