00:00South Korean President Lee Jae-yung has threatened further measures against Ukraine unless Kiev
00:05publicly apologizes over the disclosure of two North Korean prisoners of war transferred
00:10to South Korea.
00:11The soldiers were captured by Ukrainian forces after being deployed alongside North Korean
00:16troops supporting Russia's war against Ukraine.
00:19Seoul says Ukraine had agreed to keep their transfer confidential, arguing that disclosure
00:24could put the soldiers' families in North Korea at risk.
00:26But President Volodymyr Zelenskyy revealed the transfer last week during remarks at the
00:31United Nations.
00:33Lee accused Kiev of making him appear a liar by denying that a confidentiality agreement
00:38existed.
00:39He said the issue concerned South Korea's dignity and could not be overlooked.
00:45Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiha has sought to ease tensions, describing the dispute
00:49as a diplomatic misunderstanding.
00:51He said South Korea remained an important partner and expressed hope that cooperation
00:55between the two countries would continue.
00:58South Korea has so far refrained from supplying Ukraine with lethal weapons.
01:01He said the problem was.
01:02This is all if he did not take a leg.
01:05He said they need to be taken.
