North Korean POWs in Ukraine beg for South Korea’s help—will Seoul answer?

2026-02-03 - 17:05

The release of interviews with North Korean soldiers captured as prisoners of war on the Ukrainian battlefield is causing shockwaves. I found the testimonies of these two young men so devastating that I replayed them in my mind several times. These young men, who appear barely over twenty, said, “Being alive feels uncomfortable and shameful.” They say that being captured makes them traitors and... Source