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Foreign Ministry summons Ukrainian envoy after Kyiv reveals transfer of North Korean POWs

Seoul demanded clarification and an apology after Kyiv disclosed the transfer of two captured North Korean soldiers despite an alleged confidentiality agreement.

2026.9.28

A North Korean soldier wounded and captured by Ukrainian forces is seen in this photo posted on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's Telegram channel on Jan. 11. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Captured North Korean soldier says in video he didn't know he would fight Ukraine

A North Korean prisoner of war captured by Ukrainian forces said he came to Russia not knowing who he would fight in an additional interrogation video released by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday.

2025.1.21

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Elizabeth Salmon, the United Nations special rapporteur on North Korean human rights, speaks during her meeting with Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho at the Central Government Complex in Jongno District, central Seoul, on Monday. [YONHAP]

Don't sidestep human rights in North, UN rapporteur urges

A visiting United Nations official on Tuesday called for the inclusion of human rights in future talks regarding North Korea, saying the issue should not be sidestepped in discussions about the regime's wide-ranging violations of international law.

2023.9.12

An elderly woman reaches out for a photo of a family member taken by North Korea at the National Memorial Hall of the Korean War Abductees in Paju, northern Gyeonggi, on June 28. [YONHAP]

Human rights groups call on Seoul to address North's captives

Advocates of individuals held involuntarily in the North released a letter to President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday, urging him to raise the issue at his summit at Camp David with U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

2023.8.2

Tag: prisoner of war

prisoner of war

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Foreign Ministry summons Ukrainian envoy after Kyiv reveals transfer of North Korean POWs

Captured North Korean soldier says in video he didn't know he would fight Ukraine

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Don't sidestep human rights in North, UN rapporteur urges

Human rights groups call on Seoul to address North's captives