North Korean prisoners of war (POWs) captured in the Kursk Oblast believed they were fighting against South Korean soldiers. One of them wants to be

Seoul's announcement came after a North Korean POW reportedly expressed his desire to settle in South Korea, raising questions about whether his request would be granted.

A Ukrainian defense intelligence official has mentioned the possibility of sending North Korean soldiers captured during combat to South Korea, in the first such acknowledgment by Kyiv. Andriy Chernyak,

South Korea will offer "necessary protection and support" to North Korean prisoners of war captured in Ukraine who wish to come to the South, Seoul said Wednesday.

South Korea's diplomatic abilities will be put to the test as it navigates negotiations with Ukraine over a North Korean soldier currently being held in Kyiv who has reportedly sought asylum in the South.

A South Korean official said North Korean soldiers are "constitutionally considered our nationals". Read more at straitstimes.com.

South Korea said it’s willing to accept any North Korean soldiers captured in Ukraine who express a desire to defect to the South, an idea that emerges amid reports of thousands of North Korean soldiers sustaining casualties in support of Russian troops.

Andriy Chernyak, the representative of defense intelligence of Ukraine, made the remark in an exclusive interview with Yonhap News Agency in Kyiv on Friday (local time) when asked about the two North Korean soldiers held in Ukraine amid the ongoing war with Russia.

A North Korean solider captured by Ukraine has spilled his dreams of defecting to live in South Korea in a new interview. He's asked: 'If I apply for asylum, would they take me?'