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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Justin McCurry, Pjotr Sauer and agencies

Injured North Korean soldier captured by Ukraine has died, says South Korea

Kim Jong-un meets soldiers in March 2024.
Kim Jong-un meets soldiers in March 2024. Kim and Vladimir Putin signed a mutual defence pact in June. Photograph: AP

South Korea’s intelligence agency has reported that a North Korean soldier believed to have been the first to be captured while supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine has died after being taken alive by Ukrainian forces.

Seoul’s spy agency earlier on Friday confirmed Ukrainian reports that an injured North Korean soldier had been captured by Ukrainian forces, in what was likely to have been the first capture of its kind since Pyongyang sent combat forces to bolster Russian forces in the war.

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