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Ukraine’s POW transfer reveal deals North Korea a propaganda blow
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Advertisement Ukraine’s POW transfer reveal deals North Korea a propaganda blow Zelensky’s UN disclosure punctures Pyongyang’s soldier-loyalty narrative, but risks damaging ties with Seoul and endangering POW families 4-MIN READ4-MIN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has put North Korea in a propaganda bind, analysts say, by publicly revealing that Kyiv recently transferred two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea. The disclosure – made during Zelensky’s address to the UN...
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Ukraine’s POW transfer reveal deals North Korea a propaganda blow
Zelensky’s UN disclosure punctures Pyongyang’s soldier-loyalty narrative, but risks damaging ties with Seoul and endangering POW families
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has put North Korea in a propaganda bind, analysts say, by publicly revealing that Kyiv recently transferred two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea.
The disclosure – made during Zelensky’s address to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday – directly challenges Pyongyang’s narrative that its soldiers fighting alongside Russian forces choose death over surrendering.
North Korea is unlikely to acknowledge the transfer publicly, but may strengthen ideological controls over its troops deployed to Russia to prevent further defections, observers say.
“Recently, we sent two North Korean prisoners of war to the Republic of Korea,” Zelensky said during his UN address, using South Korea’s official name.
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