Yoo Yong-won of conservative PPP said N. Korean POW in Ukraine who have expressed desire to defect to S. Korea included on Russia's repatriation lists ...

Ordered at gunpoint to separate Jewish soldiers from other POWs, Army Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds told a German commander: "We ...

Six S. Korean soldiers captured during the Korean War and later defected from N. Korea called for the establishment of a ...

Russian occupying forces had executed 337 Ukrainian prisoners of war as of the end of 2025, Verkhovna Rada Human Rights ...

Retired Navy Capt. Charlie Plumb learned the secret to communicating with other prisoners of war in Vietnam through a note written on a piece of toilet paper pushed through the wall. The note was ...

Two North Korean soldiers in Ukraine have expressed desire to move to South Korea rather than facing consequences for letting ...

The POWs were sent to Maine to serve as laborers during WWII and three of them escaped for four days. The nearest public road was 19 miles through the woods.

Ukrainian soldier Serhii Hryhoriev said this so often during brief phone calls from the front that his wife and two daughters took it to heart. His younger daughter, Oksana, tattooed the phrase on her ...

A portrait of Serhii Hryhoriev, a Ukrainian prisoner of war who died in Russia, is seen next to his grave in Pyriatyn, Ukraine, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko) KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — “Everything ...

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine and Russia exchanged prisoners of war on Thursday, officials from both countries said, the latest round of swaps under an agreement struck in Istanbul. President Volodymyr ...

GIMPO, South Korea (AP) — Prisoners of war held for decades after the fighting stopped. Civilian abductees. Defectors. Separated families. North and South Koreans aren’t allowed to exchange visits, ...

As a matter of national honor we owe a special debt to our prisoners of war. Surely this country also should adhere to treaty obligations that are designed to deter torture of our POWs, including the ...