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[COVER STORY] Zelenskyy's disclosure of NK POW transfer raises risks for families: experts

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[COVER STORY] Zelenskyy's disclosure of NK POW transfer raises risks for families: experts

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For two North Korean soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces in January 2025 while fighting for Russia, their recent arrival in South Korea, where they requested to go, offers freedom and the prospect of a new life. But for their families left behind in the North, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s public disclosure of the transfer may have heightened potentially life-threatening risks, experts said Wednesday. They say the relatives may already have become vulnerable when the soldiers' capt