World3 sources
South Korea withdraws embassy staff from Kyiv amid POW transfer dispute
- South Korea is withdrawing some staff from its embassy in Kyiv.
- The withdrawal follows a diplomatic row over Ukraine's transfer of North Korean prisoners of war.
- The announcement comes less than two weeks after South Korea recalled its ambassador to Ukraine.
- Seoul claims the transfer of prisoners of war was meant to be secret.
- The move deepens the diplomatic rift between South Korea and Ukraine.