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Zelenskyy Transfers Two North Korean POWs to South Korea

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  • President Volodymyr Zelenskyy disclosed transferring two North Korean POWs, per South Korea’s intelligence agency.
  • The prisoners arrived in South Korea and had no major health issues.
  • Seoul demanded Kyiv apologize for a nondisclosure agreement, but Ukraine said no such deal existed.
  • Lawmakers said the soldiers want to resettle permanently in South Korea.
  • Intelligence says 9,000 North Korean soldiers surveil Russia’s Kursk region, Russia supplies but withholds nuclear-submarine and ICBM tech.