Yonhap, citing a KOICA official, said the agency decided to bring one of its two Kyiv staff members back to South Korea after discussing staff security.
Yonhap attributed its account to an agency official. The agency’s other staff member is to remain in the Ukrainian capital.
Reuters reported that Russian drone and missile strikes on Kyiv have grown heavier recently. Separately, South Korea and Ukraine are in a diplomatic dispute over the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war.
At the September U.N. General Assembly, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine had transferred two North Korean soldiers to South Korea. He said they had been captured while fighting for Russia.
South Korea said the disclosure violated an understanding to keep the transfer confidential to protect the soldiers and their families in North Korea. Seoul withdrew its ambassador to Ukraine this month after accusing Kyiv of breaching that understanding.
