{"id":1458045,"date":"2026-10-27T14:11:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T12:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/south-korea-recalls-eight-diplomats-and-warns-of-risk-of-worsening-relations-with-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T14:11:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T12:11:57","slug":"south-korea-recalls-eight-diplomats-and-warns-of-risk-of-worsening-relations-with-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/south-korea-recalls-eight-diplomats-and-warns-of-risk-of-worsening-relations-with-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea recalls eight diplomats and warns of risk of worsening relations with Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>South Korea has already withdrawn eight diplomatic staff from Ukraine amid the conflict over the transfer of two captured North Korean soldiers to Seoul.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This <a href=\"https:\/\/en.yna.co.kr\/view\/AEN20261027010000315\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was reported by<\/a> Yonhap, citing South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyon.<\/p>\n<p> During a parliamentary audit of the Foreign Ministry on October 27, the minister confirmed that <strong>eight employees had already been recalled<\/strong> . He explained this by the lack, in Seoul&#8217;s opinion, of an adequate response from Ukraine to the diplomatic dispute.<\/p>\n<p> Cho Hyun also admitted that further escalation of the conflict could jeopardize diplomatic relations between the countries.<\/p>\n<p> At the same time, the head of the South Korean Foreign Ministry emphasized that he continues to communicate with his Ukrainian counterpart to resolve the situation.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>Seoul&#8217;s support for Ukraine continues.<\/strong> South Korea continues to provide humanitarian aid, participate in reconstruction efforts, and support international efforts to end the war.<\/p>\n<p> Earlier, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/prezydent-pivdennoi-korei-zasudyv-zelenskoho-za-rozgholoshennia-danykh-pro-peredachu-polonenykh-iz-kndr\/\">South Korean President Lee Jae-myeon said that Ukraine had violated an agreement with Seoul not to disclose information regarding the transfer of two prisoners of war from the DPRK.<\/a> He expressed regret that this information had become public.<\/p>\n<p> In addition, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/pivdenna-koreia-vymahaie-vybachen-i-poperedzhaie-pro-naslidky-cherez-skandal-iz-polonenymy-kndr\/\">South Korea demanded an official explanation and apology from Ukraine for disclosing information about the transfer of two prisoners of war from the DPRK to Seoul.<\/a> The country&#8217;s presidential office said that this situation damaged trust between the two governments.<\/p>\n<p> On October 20,<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/konflikt-cherez-polonenykh-kndr-seul-vyvodyt-chastynu-dyplomativ-z-ukrainy\">South Korea announced a reduction in the staff of its embassy in Ukraine<\/a> . Earlier, Seoul also <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/pivdenna-koreia-vidklykaie-posla-z-ukrainy-pislia-skandalu-z-polonenymy-kndr\">recalled Ambassador Park Ki-chang<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korea has already withdrawn eight diplomatic staff from Ukraine amid the conflict over the transfer of two captured North Korean soldiers to Seoul. This was reported by Yonhap, citing South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyon. During a parliamentary audit of the Foreign Ministry on October 27, the minister confirmed that eight employees had already [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":1162431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76872,76875,76885,76871],"class_list":["post-1458045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-feed","category-other-news","category-policy","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1458045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1458045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1458045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1162431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1458045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1458045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}