SeoulSouth Korea will withdraw more embassy staff from Kyiv after receiving no “constructive response.”
South Korea’s constitution counts every North Korean as a citizen, and defectors are generally allowed to stay.
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy announced the transfer of 2 North Korean prisoners at the UN General Assembly, though Seoul wanted it secret to protect the soldiers’ families in North Korea.
Kyiv considers the situation resolved and says diplomacy must prevail over emotions.
A chargé d’affaires and consular staff stay in Kyiv, and Seoul has not said how many diplomats leave.
How each outlet framed it
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- Al Jazeera Online
- frames the withdrawal as Kyiv's failure to give a 'constructive response' and notes the charge d'affaires staying behind
- TRT World
- places the row inside Seoul's broader push to ease tensions with Pyongyang, noting the constitutional citizenship rule for North Koreans
Sources: Al Jazeera Online, TRT World