Talk seems to be going

Talk seems to be going back and forth between the South Korean government and the Ukrainian government on where to send the North Korean soldiers captured in Ukraine. More precisely, the South Korean government does not appear to have decided on whether to bring them back to South Korea.
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The Chosun Ilbo interviewed two North Korean POWs captured by the Ukrainian military (probably with the help of the NIS). One of them, the top of the interview, was released. (Linked to comment.)
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The Reconnaissance General Bureau directed North Korean soldiers sent to Ukraine. This indicates that they belong to an intelligence agency within the North Korean military. However, interviews suggest that they are mainly used for construction rather than combat training. When flood damage occurred in Jagang Province in October last year, Li was mobilized for the construction of Samjiyeon City, which North Korea is building as a tourist development project for Mt. Baekdu, and then deployed as a restoration worker to the site. He said he was sent back to Russia about a month later. At that time, the North Korean authorities reportedly told them the reason for sending them to Russia was to "train them as international students." They sent their soldiers abroad by deceiving them.
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Their combat capabilities are questionable. Ri said it was his first time in combat and said, "I didn't expect to participate in the battle." In fact, he said he was helpless against the Ukrainian attack. Nevertheless, Kim Jong Un drove them to the battlefield in Kursk.
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There is a correlation between the Yoon Suk Yeol government's active side of Ukraine in the context of the Russia-U.S. war and North Korea's dispatch of troops to Russia. Russia has taken a tee shot at South Korea. At the forefront are young people who were sent to other countries without knowing it was a battlefield.
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"I will apply for refugee status and go to the Republic of Korea," Lee said. Their interview with the South Korean media itself means that they have strengthened their position to some extent. Accepting North Korean prisoners of war is a sensitive issue for the South Korean government, considering its relationship with North Korea and Russia. I don't know if the South Korean government can make such a decision in the current de facto power vacuum.