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The transfer to South Korea had been discussed _publicly_ by Seoul and Kyiv for many months, and only a few months ago it was reported that the two sides had reached an agreement on it. 5/8

The reason it took so long was a debate about international norms: legally, Ukraine was obliged to hand the North Korean POWs over either to Russia (the side they had fought for) or to North Korea (their country of citizenship). 6/8