South Korea Accuses Zelensky of
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South Korea Accuses Zelensky of Seeking Support After Revealing Transfer of North Korean POWs

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed in a UN speech last week that North Korean prisoners of war had been handed over to South Korea. South Koreans are now suspecting that Zelensky wanted to increase his support in the country.

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The South Korean government has criticised the Ukrainian president after he revealed from the podium that two North Koreans - who had fought for Russia - had been taken to South Korea. South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung has accused Zelenskyy of “breaking an agreement” and called the move “disappointing.”

Now, South Korean MP Yoo Yeong-Ha says the country's intelligence service suspects that Zelenskyy's motive for making the revelation was to shape public opinion in South Korea in order to supply Ukraine with weapons.

Another member of parliament, Youn Kun-Young, says the prisoners of war arrived in mid-September.

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