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The POWs were captured by Ukrainian forces early last year after being deployed alongside thousands of North Korean troops to support Russia's war against Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's disclosure of the transfer of North Korean prisoners of war (POWs) to Seoul has caused a major diplomatic spat between Seoul and Kyiv.
The POWs were captured by Ukrainian forces early last year after being deployed alongside thousands of North Korean troops to support Russia's war against Ukraine.
The POWs were captured by Ukrainian forces early last year after being deployed alongside thousands of North Korean troops to support Russia's war against Ukraine.
A diplomatic scandal has erupted over two North Korean prisoners of war, with South Korea demanding an apology from Ukraine. What's been the reaction in Kyiv?
NYTimes – US Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland said Thursday that he will run for Senate Majority Leader in the next Congress, setting up a challenge to Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer after the party swept to power in the midterm elections.
NPR – World In Dublin, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said Europeans would join the next round of talks. Russia has not confirmed that.
BBC News – World Democrat Scott Colom has won Mississippi's US Senate race, defeating Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith. His victory makes him the first Black senator from Mississippi since the Reconstruction era, with reports placing the last such senator between 1874 and 1881. The race was called more than a week after the US midterms, in a state described as deeply conservative and traditionally deep-red.
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