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Seoul summons Ukraine envoy, demands apology after Zelenskyy reveals North Korean POW transfer
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President of Ukraine since 2019
Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy is a Ukrainian politician and former entertainer who has served as the sixth president of Ukraine since 2019. He took office five years after the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war with Russia's annexation of Crimea and invasion of the Donbas, and has continued to serve during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has been ongoing since February 2022.
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South Korea summoned Ukraine's envoy in Seoul on Monday to express "serious concerns" over Kyiv's disclosure that two North Korean prisoners of war had been transferred to the South, saying...
Seoul called for an official apology from Ukraine after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy revealed, what it says was a secret transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea.
South Korea demanded an apology after Ukraine disclosed two North Korean POWs’ transfer to Seoul, saying a secrecy deal was broken