The official recognition by Pyongyang and Moscow of North Korean troop deployment in Russia's war on Ukraine has set the stage for a novel situation concerning the regime's prisoners of war: Can they be sent to South Korea?
In a meeting with Ukrainian Ambassador Dmytro Ponomarenko, Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho said that Seoul will offer the necessary protection and support for North Korean soldiers captured by Ukrainian troops.
South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha discussed the issue of North Korean prisoners of war (POWs) captured by Ukraine in a phone conversation on Monday afternoon, according to Korea’s Foreign Ministry.
One of the two North Korean soldiers captured alive by Ukrainian forces expressed his desire to defect to South Korea, according to a lawmaker Tuesday who recently traveled to Ukraine and met with the detained soldiers.
South Korea's Defense Ministry said Thursday that newspaper interviews with a pair of North Korean POWs captured by Ukraine have "confirmed once again" the "deceptive and inhumane" nature of Pyongyang's deployment of troops to Russia.
This year's K-Music Season Good Night Concert kicked off its three-day run with performances by six up-and-coming K-pop acts that had all debuted within the last couple of years or will be set to make their official debut soon.
Boy band POW will return with a new album on Jan. 25, after it gets back from holding its first overseas performance this year in Berlin, the band’s agency GRID Entertainment said Tuesday.
The "K-Link Festival" concert in Seoul attracted a diverse audience of overseas visitors as well as Korean residents. The event featured nine K-pop acts.
POW dropped a prerelease single "Favorite" on Sept. 13 and promoted its title track on weekly music shows for two weeks since its release. It also released dance track "Amazing" last Thursday.
POW will be holding a countdown livestream at 5 p.m., on the day of the album's release, engaging with its fans, GRID Entertainment said.
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