South Korea is not amused by Zelensky's prisoner reveal
It turns out keeping secrets with Seoul is harder than it looks, and now the diplomatic fallout is very real.
So, Zelensky mentioned at the UN that Ukraine handed over a couple of North Korean soldiers to South Korea. Sounds like a standard diplomatic win, right? Well, Seoul is currently throwing a massive tantrum because they claim there was a strict non-disclosure agreement that Kyiv just casually ignored.
The drama doesn't stop there. When word got out, anonymous sources in the Ukrainian presidential office reportedly denied the deal even existed. That move apparently sent the South Korean leadership into a state of 'deep regret,' accusing Ukraine of lying to their faces and trashing bilateral trust in the process.
The irony? Seoul says it was actually Ukraine who insisted on the hush-hush deal in the first place—mostly because they didn't want the optics of losing potential trade-bait for their own prisoners. Now, everyone is awkward, and the bridge is looking a little burnt.
Nothing says 'international diplomacy' like publicly feuding over who promised to keep their mouth shut.
Source: Yonhap
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