Seoul to withdraw half of embassy staff from Ukraine as POW disclosure dispute deepens

South Korea has decided to withdraw roughly half of its embassy personnel from Ukraine, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday, marking an escalation of its diplomatic protest against Kyiv over the disclosure of the confidential transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to Seoul. The decision follows the recall of South Korean Ambassador to Ukraine Park Ki-chang earlier this month, as Seoul maintains that Kyiv has failed to take sufficient steps to address the diplomatic dispute, despite repeated