North Korea POW row: South Korea warns Ukraine of 'additional measures'

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Friday warned of unspecified “additional actions” against Ukraine unless Kyiv acknowledges what Seoul describes as a “confidentiality agreement” concerning the transfer of two captured North Korean soldiers and issues an apology.Also Read: South Korea accuses Ukraine of breaching secrecy over North Korean POW transfer“If the refusal to acknowledge the facts and issue a public apology continues, we will take additional measures,” Lee wrote on X.He also voiced “grave regret” over what he described as Ukrainian remarks suggesting an imminent military confrontation between North and South Korea, saying such comments amounted to encouraging conflict on the Korean Peninsula.Seoul and Kyiv have been embroiled in a diplomatic dispute since Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced at the United Nations General Assembly last month that Ukraine had transferred two North Korean prisoners of war, captured while fighting alongside Russian forces, to South Korea.Seoul later accused Kyiv of breaching an agreement to keep the transfer confidential to protect the soldiers, while Ukrainian officials denied that any such agreement had been reached.Ukrai...