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![In this photo provided by the defector-led civic group NK People’s Liberation Front, North Korean POWs eat “dubu-bap” (tofu rice) — a North Korean-style meal sent by defector groups — during a meeting with South Korean conflict-documentary producer Kim Young-mi at a Ukrainian POW camp on Oct. 28, 2025. A portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, drawn by the prisoners, is taped to the upper-left of the bed frame. [NK PEOPLE'S LIBERATION FRONT]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12384832.jpg?imageId=12384832&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A wounded soldier, suspected to be North Korean and captured by Ukrainian forces in Russia's western Kursk region, is pictured in this file photo posted to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's X account on Jan. 11. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11963836.jpg?imageId=11963836&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Chinese nationals Zhang Renbo, left, and Wang Guangjung, right, look on during a press conference in Kyiv on April 14. Zhang and Wang were captured by Ukrainian forces in the Donetsk region during what they claimed to be their first combat mission on the frontline. [AFP/YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12307569.jpg?imageId=12307569&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
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