South Korea has sought Kyiv’s cooperation in the handling of North Korean prisoners of war.
Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul made the request during a telephone call on Monday with his Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha, Seoul’s foreign ministry said.
North Korea has deployed thousands of troops to support Russian forces fighting in Ukraine, Ukrainian, US and South Korean assessments show, for Pyongyang’s first major involvement in a war since the 1950s.
Cho reaffirmed Seoul’s efforts to support the Ukrainian people and said Seoul would accept all North Korean soldiers captured by Ukraine if they wished to go to South Korea, the foreign ministry said in a statement.
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Ukraine releases video of captured North Korean soldiers, says ready for prisoner swap
Ukraine releases video of captured North Korean soldiers, says ready for prisoner swap
Kyiv says more than 3,000 North Korean soldiers were killed or injured in Russia by early January 2025.
