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Seoul's Spy Agency Says North Korean Soldiers Captured in Ukraine Haven't Shown Desire to Defect

Headline from Military.com, on the newest of 2 developments

South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers that two North Korean soldiers who were 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.

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  1. Seoul confirms Ukraine captured two North Korean soldiers

    Headline from Digital Journal ·

  2. Newest

    Seoul's Spy Agency Says North Korean Soldiers Captured in Ukraine Haven't Shown Desire to Defect

    Headline from Military.com ·

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11 articles, oldest first.

  1. Digital Journal

    Seoul confirms Ukraine captured two North Korean soldiers (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    South Korea's National Intelligence Service on Sunday backed up Ukraine's account of having captured two wounded North Korean soldiers this week in

  2. Fox News

    Ukraine has captured 2 North Korean soldiers, South Korea's intelligence service says (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Ukraine captured two wounded North Korean soldiers who were fighting on behalf of Russia in a Russian border region, South Korea’s intelligence service said.

  3. PBS NewsHour

    North Korean soldiers captured in Ukraine haven't shown desire to defect, Seoul's spy agency says (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    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.

  4. Washington Examiner

    North Korean soldiers unwilling to defect after capture in Ukraine (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    The soldiers of the Korean People's Army captured from the front lines of the war in Ukraine appeared unwilling to defect from North Korea.

  5. Military.com

    Seoul's Spy Agency Says North Korean Soldiers Captured in Ukraine Haven't Shown Desire to Defect (opens Military.com)

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    Military.com's feed description

    South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers that two North Korean soldiers who were 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.

  6. Green Field Reporter

    Seoul's spy agency says North Korean soldiers captured in Ukraine haven't shown desire to defect - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    Green Field Reporter's feed description

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers on Monday that two North Korean soldiers who were 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.

  7. Newsweek

    Spy agency: North Korean troops in Ukraine fail to defect (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Two North Korean soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces in Russia's Kursk border region do not want to defect.

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