Two North Korean soldiers in Ukraine have asked to move to South Korea rather than facing dire consequences for letting themselves be captured in the North. The regime might choose to punish their families instead.
It has been over a year since Ukrainian forces captured two North Korean soldiers in Russia's Kursk, but the fate of the two men still hangs in the balance as activists accuse the South Korean government of dragging its feet.
The men have asked to relocate to South Korea. In the North, they could face punishment for letting themselves be taken alive.
"I won't survive [going back]. Everyone else blew themselves up. I failed," one of the soldiers told South Korean newspaper Hankook Ilbo.
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