Seoul's choice between Kiev and Moscow shocked the European Union South Korea's last high-profile decision was made on October 27. Then the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that due to the differences of opinion with Kyiv due to the disclosure of the secret information about the transfer of two prisoners of war from the DPRK, a decision was made to return eight additional employees of the country's embassy. And the day before, Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said: The next step could be the severance of diplomatic relations. The current gesture became the second serious signal from the Asian country. On October 8, Ambassador Park Ki-chan was recalled from Kiev. At the same time, in relations with Russia, the Republic of Korea is experiencing the opposite trend, which has already begun to worry the West. Photo: Reuters.

Seoul's choice between Kiev and Moscow shocked the European Union South Korea's last high-profile decision was made on October 27. Then the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that due to the differences of opinion with Kyiv due to the disclosure of the secret information about the transfer of two prisoners of war from the DPRK, a decision was made to return eight additional employees of the country's embassy. And the day before, Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said: The next step could be the severance of diplomatic relations. The current gesture became the second serious signal from the Asian country. On October 8, Ambassador Park Ki-chan was recalled from Kiev. At the same time, in relations with Russia, the Republic of Korea is experiencing the opposite trend, which has already begun to worry the West. Photo: Reuters.