U.N. Rapporteur Says Ukraine Obliged to Not Send N.K. Soldiers to Risk of Torture

‘I won’t survive’: North Korean soldier caught by Ukraine dreads going home

Seoul faces a diplomatic tightrope as the captured soldiers plead for asylum in South Korea.

Ukraine has legal obligation not to repatriate North Korean POWs: UN envoy

Ukraine has a legal obligation not to repatriate the two North Korean prisoners of war captured in battle, though the ultimate decision lies with Kyiv, according to the U.N. special envoy for North Korean human rights. “Ukraine accepted that they have the status of prisoners of war according to the Third Geneva Convention on Prisoners […]

U.N. rapporteur says Ukraine obliged to not send N.K. soldiers to risk of torture

SEOUL -- The U.N. special rapporteur on North Korea's human rights said Friday it is up to Ukraine to decide where to send North Korean soldiers captured during its war with Russia, but it should follow the international obligation not to send them to places where they could face torture.

(Yonhap Interview) U.N. rapporteur says Ukraine obliged to not send N.K. soldiers to risk of torture

By Park Boram SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Yonhap) -- The U.N. special rapporteur on North Korea'...

North Korean POW in Ukraine: 'There is nothing I can do if they don't take me'

“I would be grateful if they take me. If they don’t, there’s nothing I can do.” At first glance, the North Korean prisoner of war captured in Ukraine looked rather calm as he appeared on MBC’s investigative program, “PD Notebook.” But in reality, only one outcome awaits if he fails to make it to South Korea. “I won’t survive,” said the prisoner, describing what would happen to him if he were returned to North Korea. In North Korea, soldiers are …

‘Decisions on N. Korean POWs rest with Ukraine— not Seoul, not media,’ says UN investigator

Decisions over North Korean prisoners of war captured in Ukraine belong to Kyiv, not Seoul or the media, an independent UN human rights investigator said, notin