Yonhap reported on Thursday that the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has decided, after a security meeting, to recall one of its two Kyiv-based staff on security grounds amid intensified Russian drone and missile strikes in recent weeks. KOICA said the other staffer will remain in Kyiv; an agency official declined to comment on a separate prisoners-of-war dispute between Seoul and Kyiv, and South Korea is reported to be engaged in a diplomatic dispute with Ukraine.

2026-10-22

Yonhap reported on Thursday that the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has decided, after a security meeting, to recall one of its two Kyiv-based staff on security grounds amid intensified Russian drone and missile strikes in recent weeks. KOICA said the other staffer will remain in Kyiv; an agency official declined to comment on a separate prisoners-of-war dispute between Seoul and Kyiv, and South Korea is reported to be engaged in a diplomatic dispute with Ukraine.