The soldiers of the Korean People’s Army captured from the front lines of the war in Ukraine are, thus far, unwilling to defect from North Korea. South Korea‘s National Intelligence Service recently addressed a closed-door meeting of the country’s National Assembly,

"Ukraine is ready to hand over his people to Kim Jong Un if he can organize their exchange for our soldiers who are held captive in Russia. For those North Korean soldiers who do not want to return, there may be some other ways.