Sanctions row over Ukrainian children
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Sanctions row over Ukrainian children taken to North Korea's Songdowon International Children's Camp

Two Ukrainian children, aged 12 and 16, have been taken from regions of Ukraine to North Korea, according to a 2025 report. Pyongyang has expressed outrage over British sanctions on a children's camp.

According to the report from the Ukrainian Regional Center for Human Rights (RCHR), the children were taken to the Songdowon International Children's Camp in North Korea.

On May 11, Britain froze the camp's assets and announced that it was suspected of participating in Russia's program of "forced deportation and reeducation of Ukrainian children."

On Friday, North Korea described Britain's actions in a statement as "heinous, unethical, politically motivated provocations to tarnish our state's reputation abroad and belittle friendly relations between North Korea and Russia."

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