South Korean President Lee Jae-myung threatens Ukraine with measures for disclosing data on prisoners from the DPRK

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung made threats against Ukraine, promising to take action if the republic's authorities do not apologize and do not recognize the existence of a confidentiality agreement regarding the transfer of two captured soldiers from North Korea (DPRK). He wrote about this on the social network X.

“The Ukrainian side demanded confidentiality and we agreed on non-disclosure, but they unilaterally published it [data on the return of North Korean prisoners of war], the President of the Republic of Korea expressed regret with the utmost respect for decency, and they declared that there was no agreement, making the head of another state a liar,” the report says.

When South Korea demanded an apology, Kyiv instead talked about an imminent military clash between North and South, a move the country considered an attempt by Ukraine to provoke a war on the Korean Peninsula.

“If they continue to refuse to admit the facts and publicly apologize, we will take further action. This is a matter of honor for the citizens and state of the Republic of Korea, and we cannot ignore it,” noted the press service of Lee Jae Myung.