Two North Korean troopers captured in Ukraine whereas combating for Russia meet with a South Korean documentary producer at a prisoner-of-war camp close to Kyiv, Oct. 28. Courtesy of a North Korean defectors’ group, led by activist Jang Se-yul
Two North Korean troopers who have been captured in Ukraine whereas combating for Russia have written a letter expressing their need to defect to South Korea, an activist in Seoul stated Friday.
Jang Se-yul, head of a North Korean defectors’ group within the South, stated the 2 North Korean captives of their 20s wrote such a letter in October after they met a South Korean documentary producer at a prisoner-of-war camp close to Kyiv. The letter was delivered to the group through the producer earlier this month.
“We have made up our thoughts to go to South Korea, considering of these in South Korea as our dad and mom and brothers,” the letter learn.
Within the letter, the captives expressed their appreciation for individuals who stated the present scenario dealing with them is “not a tragedy however the starting of a brand new life.”
“A brand new dream and aspiration have begun bobbing up on the again of assist from folks within the Republic of Korea,” it stated.
The North Korean POWs have been underneath the media highlight when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on-line in January that they’d been captured by Ukrainian forces in Russia’s western Kursk area whereas in battle.
Jang stated the letter confirmed their need to go to South Korea. In February, solely one among them had expressed such an intent throughout a gathering with a South Korean lawmaker.
Since October final yr, North Korea has deployed round 15,000 troops to Russia to assist its battle with Ukraine.
The South Korean authorities stated it has notified the Ukrainian authorities of its willingness to simply accept the North Korean captives if their intentions are confirmed.
