韩国总统办公室对乌克兰在将两名朝鲜战俘移交首尔时无视与首尔签订的保密协议表示“强烈遗憾”，韩国媒体报道称。
The South Korean president’s office has expressed “strong regret” over Ukraine’s disregard for a nondisclosure agreement with Seoul in the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war (POWs) to Seoul, South Korean media reported.
上周，乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基在联合国大会发言中表示，该国已将两名朝鲜战俘移交给韩国。
Last week, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an address to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that his country transferred two North Korean POWs to South Korea.
韩联社援引韩国总统府公关高级秘书成起贤周日在声明中的话说，李在明总统办公室“对乌克兰单方面披露移交一事以及随后谎称双方没有保密协议表示强烈遗憾”。
President Lee Jae Myung’s office “expresses strong regret over Ukraine’s unilateral disclosure [of the transfer] and its subsequent false announcement that there had not been a non-disclosure agreement”, the Yonhap news agency quoted Seong Ghi-hong, South Korea’s senior presidential secretary for public relations, as saying in a statement on Sunday.
办公室表示，根据国际法和人道主义原则，这项保密协议旨在保护这些士兵，防止其在移交消息披露后面临危险。
The office said the nondisclosure agreement aimed to safeguard the soldiers from dangers they could face if their transfer were to be disclosed, in accordance with international law and humanitarian principles.
韩联社这家韩国媒体称，乌克兰总统办公室在披露战俘移交一事时没有详细说明相关过程，并声称将整个移交事件保密会很奇怪。韩联社说，乌克兰媒体报道援引乌总统府一名消息人士的话称，乌方否认与首尔签有保密协议。
According to Yonhap, a South Korean media outlet, the Ukrainian presidential office said it had disclosed the transfer of the POWs without extensive details on the process, claiming that it would have been strange to keep the entire transfer a secret. Ukrainian media outlets reported a Ukrainian presidential source as denying the existence of a confidentiality agreement with Seoul, Yonhap said.
韩国总统办公室称，乌总统府对保密协议作出的“虚假”否认“严重妨碍”了双边信任，并对双边友谊造成严重破坏。
The South Korean presidential office said the Ukrainian presidential office’s “false” denial of the confidentiality agreement “seriously hampers” bilateral trust and causes serious disruptions to bilateral friendship.
韩联社补充称，成起贤表示，如有必要，政府正在考虑就此采取更多措施。
Seong Ghi-hong said the government was considering additional measures over the issue, if necessary, Yonhap added.
朝鲜战俘：乌克兰军队于2025年1月在俄罗斯库尔斯克地区俘获了这两名朝鲜士兵。
North Korean POWS Ukrainian forces captured the two North Korean soldiers in Russia’s Kursk region in January 2025.
越来越多的证据，包括情报报告和叛逃者的证词，表明朝鲜士兵宁愿实施自爆或采取其他自杀手段，也不愿被俘。
Mounting evidence, including from intelligence reports and testimonies of defectors, has indicated that North Korean soldiers resorted to self-detonation or other forms of suicide rather than be captured.
泽连斯基在联合国发言时表示：“这些人可不容易活捉。”他还说：“其中一人在意识到自己将被俘时，试图自杀，却震惊地发现命运没有让他得逞。”韩国媒体报道称，两名被俘士兵曾表示希望投奔韩国。
In his UN address, Zelenskyy said, “These guys are not easy to capture alive.” He added, “One of them, when he realised he was going to be taken prisoner, tried to kill himself. And he was shocked that fate did not let him die.” South Korean media reported that the two captured soldiers had expressed their desire to defect to South Korea.
朝鲜战俘问题是在土耳其安卡拉举行的北约峰会上的一个重要议题。7月，李总统在那里与泽连斯基会晤。
The issue of North Korean prisoners of war was a key topic during the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkiye, where Lee met Zelenskyy in July.
韩国总统高级新闻秘书姜有井此后表示，两位领导人同意按照国际法解决朝鲜战俘问题。此前，韩国和乌克兰外长在3月举行会谈时达成协议，承诺就战俘问题展开合作。
Senior presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung stated afterwards that both leaders agreed to resolve the status of North Korean POWs in accordance with international law. This built on a prior agreement reached during the South Korea-Ukraine foreign ministers’ meeting in March, where both nations pledged to cooperate on the POW issue.
据韩国情报机构估计，自2024年以来，朝鲜已派遣约1.4万至1.5万名士兵，支持俄罗斯对乌克兰发动战争，主要部署在库尔斯克边境地区。韩国、乌克兰和西方国家官员称，这些士兵伤亡惨重，超过6000名朝鲜士兵在战斗中死亡。
According to South Korean intelligence, North Korea is estimated to have deployed approximately 14,000-15,000 soldiers to support Russia’s efforts in its war with Ukraine since 2024, primarily in the Kursk border region South Korean, Ukrainian and Western officials said they suffered heavy casualties, with more than 6,000 North Korean soldiers killed in the fighting.
此次移交之际，韩国正支持恢复与朝鲜对话的努力，而美国总统唐纳德·特朗普也再次表示愿意与平壤接触。
The transfer comes as South Korea has backed efforts to revive dialogue with North Korea, while United States President Donald Trump has renewed his willingness to engage with Pyongyang.