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  "id": 11338074,
  "title": "(LEAD) Lee warns of 'additional measures' if Ukraine refuses to apologize for N.K. POW transfer disclosure",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/lead-lee-warns-of-additional-measures-if-ukraine-refuses-to-apologize",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T02:18:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yonhap News",
    "slug": "yonhap-news",
    "url": "https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20261002002951315"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "SEOUL, October 2 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung has warned South Korea will take additional measures if Ukraine continues to refuse an official apology for disclosing the transfer of North Korean POWs to South Korea. The warning was made on the president's X account amid a diplomatic dispute with Ukraine over the surprise disclosure by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week.\n\nSeoul has accused Ukraine of breaching a bilateral agreement to keep the transfer secret, but Ukraine denies the existence of the confidentiality agreement. If Ukraine persists in denying the fact and refusing to offer an official apology, South Korea will take additional measures, Lee stated.\n\nLee emphasized that Ukraine unilaterally disclosed the transfer despite previously demanding confidentiality from South Korea. He then turned the tables on the Ukrainian leader, calling him a \"liar\" for claiming the nondisclosure agreement did not exist.\n\nResponding to South Korea's demand for an admission of the agreement and an apology, Ukraine has instead suggested the possibility of an imminent inter-Korean military conflict, Lee alleged. This, he said, is an attempt by Ukraine to provoke war on the Korean Peninsula, which he expressed serious regret over.",
  "summary": "SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung warned Friday that South Korea...",
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        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "(URGENT) Lee warns of 'additional measures' against Ukraine if it refuses to apologize for N.K. POWs transfer disclosure",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/urgent-lee-warns-of-additional-measures-against-ukraine-if-it-refuses",
        "published": "2026-10-02T01:49:13.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Lee warns of 'additional measures' if Ukraine refuses to apologize for NK POW transfer disclosure",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/lee-warns-of-additional-measures-if-ukraine-refuses-to-apologize-for",
        "published": "2026-10-02T02:22:04.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "South Korea warns 'further measures' if Ukraine refuses public apology",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/south-korea-warns-further-measures-if-ukraine-refuses-public-apology",
        "published": "2026-10-02T02:26:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "KBS World Radio",
        "title": "Lee Warns of 'Additional Measures' if Ukraine Continues to Deny POW Confidentiality Deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/lee-warns-of-additional-measures-if-ukraine-continues-to-deny-pow",
        "published": "2026-10-02T02:32:27.000Z"
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        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "Seoul warns 'further action' if Ukraine does not apologise over prisoner-of-war row",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/seoul-warns-further-action-if-ukraine-does-not-apologise-over",
        "published": "2026-10-02T03:09:13.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "South Korea warns of ‘further measures’ if Ukraine refuses public apology",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/south-korea-warns-of-further-measures-if-ukraine-refuses-public",
        "published": "2026-10-02T03:28:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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