Seoul warns 'further action' if Ukraine does not apologise over prisoner-of-war row
President Lee Jae Myung also accused Kyiv of "attempting to provoke a war on the Korean Peninsula".
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"We express serious regret that, instead of acknowledging the facts of the agreement and apologising, they are talking about an imminent military clash between the North and South."
— Lee Jae Myung , Politician
"I hope that this situation will be resolved in the very near future."
— Andrii Sybiha , Politician
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President Lee Jae Myung also accused Kyiv of "attempting to provoke a war on the Korean Peninsula".
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