The South Korean government has been caught off guard by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s revelation that two North Korean soldiers have been handed over to Seoul’s custody, fearing the effect it will have on inter-Korean relations.
Zelensky referenced the two North Korean prisoners of war in his remarks to the United Nations General Assembly last week, telling world leaders that the soldiers were “not easy to capture alive” but had been successfully transferred to South Korea.
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