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  "id": 13306845,
  "title": "S. Korean ambassador to Ukraine returns home amid dispute over NK POW disclosure",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/s-korean-ambassador-to-ukraine-returns-home-amid-dispute-over-nk-pow-13306845",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-10T02:52:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/20261010/s-korean-ambassador-to-ukraine-returns-home-amid-dispute-over-nk-pow-disclosure"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The South Korean ambassador to Ukraine, Park Ki-chang, returned home on Saturday following his recall due to a dispute over the disclosure of North Korean prisoners of war (POWs) transferred from Ukraine to South Korea. The foreign ministry announced the recall in response to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's disclosure of the transfer during a speech at the U.N. General Assembly in New York last month. Ukraine has denied reaching a non-disclosure agreement with South Korea to keep the matter confidential, while Seoul claims such an agreement was made to protect the soldiers and their families, who remain in North Korea. This is a rare occurrence for South Korea to recall an ambassador as a form of protest, with the last instance being several years ago.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "S. Korean ambassador to Ukraine returns home amid dispute over N.K. POW disclosure",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/s-korean-ambassador-to-ukraine-returns-home-amid-dispute-over-n-k-pow",
        "published": "2026-10-10T01:39:02.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "S. Korean ambassador to Ukraine returns home amid dispute over NK POW disclosure",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/s-korean-ambassador-to-ukraine-returns-home-amid-dispute-over-nk-pow",
        "published": "2026-10-10T02:42:03.000Z"
      }
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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."
}