South Korea will offer "necessary protection and support" to North Korean prisoners of war captured in Ukraine who wish to come to the South, Seoul said Wednesday.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told South Korea's Foreign Minister that the United States wants to maintain a stable trust relationship with South Korea regardless of the domestic situation of either country,

South Korea is willing to provide protection and support if North Korean soldiers captured in Ukraine request to come to the South, Seoul's foreign ministry said Wednesday, following reports that a North Korean soldier held by Ukrainian forces expressed his intent to defect.

At least around 300 North Korean soldiers have died in Kursk, with about 2,700 being injured. The Ukraine war is currently entangled in diplomacy and politics. While Russia and United States have met in Saudi Arabia,

The South Korean government has announced that it will provide the necessary protection and support to all North Korean soldiers captured by the Ukrainian military, in accordance with the fundamental principle and related laws that guarantee their acceptance if they request to move to S.

One of the two North Korean soldiers captured by Ukraine has expressed his wish to go to South Korea, a news report said Wednesday, in what would be the first known case for a North Korean captive to voice an intent to defect to the South.