Seoul warns 'further action' if Ukraine does not apologise over prisoner-of-war row

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President Lee Jae Myung also accused Kyiv of "attempting to provoke a war on the Korean Peninsula".

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  • Reported by BBC News and published Fri, 02 Oct 2026 03:09:13 UTC.

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  1. Seoul warns 'further action' if Ukraine does not apologise over prisoner-of-war row

  2. Intensified Russian strikes are tearing Kyiv apart, warns mayor

  3. Netanyahu warns 'very heavy price' if any power behind flydubai incident

  4. Ukraine denies F-16 crisis over maintenance and parts

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