South Korea to cut staff in Kyiv after North Korean POW handover made public at the UN
South Korea will pull staff from its embassy in Kyiv over a handover of North Korean prisoners of war that was made public at the UN. Korean officials put the cut at about half the staff, while Ukraine's foreign minister calls the matter closed.
South Korea plans to withdraw staff from its embassy in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital. The reason is a handover of North Korean prisoners of war, which was made public at the United Nations.
Korean officials say the reduction could affect about half of the embassy's staff. The available summary does not say when the staff will be withdrawn or which employees will be affected.
Ukraine's foreign minister, for his part, describes the matter as closed. That suggests Kyiv does not want it to remain an open dispute between the two countries.
The information available is limited. The source excerpt gives no further detail on how the prisoner handover took place, which parties were involved, or the circumstances in which it became known at the UN. Those questions remain unanswered for now.
