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South Korean POWs abandoned for decades in North Korea

2023-07-27 05:16
Families of South Korean soldiers held in the North are demanding recognition from their government.
South Korean POWs abandoned for decades in North Korea

At the age of 92, Lee Dae-bong doesn't particularly enjoy getting out of bed. He has lived enough of a life. As he readjusts his pyjamas, his left hand reveals three missing fingers.

His injury is not the result of the war he fought, but the subsequent 54 years he was forced to toil in a North...