North Korean soldiers unwilling to defect after capture in Ukraine

Published January 13, 2025 12:45pm ET



The soldiers of the Korean People’s Army captured from the front lines of the war in Ukraine are, thus far, unwilling to defect from North Korea.

South Korea‘s National Intelligence Service recently addressed a closed-door meeting of the country’s National Assembly, during which it reported that the North Korean prisoners had not expressed any wish to defect from their home country.

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