S. Korea repatriates aid worker from Ukraine over safety
South Korea's international aid agency has decided to bring back one of its two staff members from its office in Ukraine's capital on safety grounds, the Yonhap news agency reported on Thursday. Kyiv has come under increasingly heavy Russian drone and missile attacks in recent weeks, more than 4-1/2 years after Moscow's invasion of its neighbour. South Korea has also been caught up in a…
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KICA) has decided to repatriate one of its two staff members from the office in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, citing safety concerns, according to Yonhap news agency. The decision was made following a safety meeting, the report stated. Since the beginning of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in 2014, Kyiv has faced increasingly heavy attacks from Russian drones and missiles.
The agency's staff member is the only one being brought back from Kyiv, while the other will remain in the city, the report added. This move comes amidst a diplomatic dispute between South Korea and Ukraine, where Seoul withdrew its ambassador earlier this month after accusing Kyiv of breaching a confidentiality agreement regarding the transfer of two captured North Korean soldiers to South Korea.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had previously mentioned this transfer during his speech at the UN General Assembly in September.
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