SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Yonhap) -- Civic groups advocating human rights in North Korea sent an open letter to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday, urging him not to repatriate North Korean soldiers captured by Ukraine while fighting for Russia.

South Korea’s spy agency has told lawmakers that two North Korean soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces while fighting alongside Russian forces in Russia’s Kursk border region haven’t expressed a desire to seek asylum in South Korea.

The South Korean government plans to consult with Ukraine about bringing North Korean soldiers captured by Ukraine to the South if they request defection, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. Foreign ministry spokesperson Lee Jae-woong made the remarks during a regular press briefing following

Follow DW.South Korea's intelligence agency estimated around 300 North Korean soldiers have been killed and another 2,700 have been wounded in Russia's war against Ukraine. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he's ready to hand over captured North Korean soldiers in return for Ukrainian soldiers held prisoner in Russia.

Casualties among North Koreans assisting Russia ‘have surpassed 3,000’, according to South Korea’s intelligence agency.

SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Yonhap) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Ukraine is prepared to hand over captured North Korean soldiers in exchange for Ukrainian captives in Russia, a day after revealing the country's seizure of two wounded North Korean soldiers.

At least 300 North Korean soldiers were killed in combat with Ukraine, South Korea claimed on Monday. Some 2,700 others were injured, the South Korean National Intelligence Service told lawmakers, according to the Seoul-based Yonhap News.

SEOUL -- North Korean soldiers deployed to fight against Ukraine have been instructed to take their own lives to avoid capture, according to an assessment by South Korea's spy agency.

Two North Korean soldiers are in custody in Kyiv, bandaged up and under interrogation, after being wounded on the battlefield in Kursk, Russia, over the weekend. Officials in Kyiv and Seoul are hoping they can provide valuable information into a secretive country's military operations.

Seoul has previously claimed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ... Over the weekend, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv had captured two North Korean soldiers, releasing video of the injured combatants being interrogated and raising the ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP ... Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he’s willing to hand over the soldiers to North Korea if the country’s authoritarian leader, Kim Jong Un ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP ... Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he’s willing to hand over the soldiers to North Korea if the country’s authoritarian leader, Kim Jong Un ...