South Korea recalls ambassador from Ukraine

South Korea has recalled its ambassador from Ukraine as tensions between the two countries rise amid an escalating diplomatic row. Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said the decision followed statements by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky about the transfer of North Korean prisoners to South Korea. Zelensky publicly announced that Kiev had sent two North Korean detainees to Seoul in late September. South Korea said the arrangement was intended to remain confidential, but Ukrainian authorities denied that the transfer was supposed to be secret. The dispute centers on conflicting accounts of how and whether the prisoner transfer was handled.