North Korean POW: ”I'm the only survivor”... ”I want to go to South Korea”

It has been reported that North Korean prisoners of war held by Ukrainian forces have expressed their desire to go to South Korea.
North Korean soldier Ri, who was captured by Ukrainian forces last month, was arrested on the 19th.
In an interview with the South Korean daily newspaper Chosun Ilbo, he said, "I've made up my mind 80%," and "I'm going to apply for refugee status first and then go to South Korea."
Ri described himself as a "soldier belonging to the Reconnaissance General Bureau," and commented, "All drone pilots are South Korean soldiers."
"I was deceived by the words of the [North Korean intelligence agency] personnel and went into battle thinking I was fighting South Korean soldiers," he explained. Ri left North Korea in early October last year and was in Vladivostok, Russia.
After training, he was transferred to Kursk in mid-December, where fierce fighting with the Ukrainian army was taking place. He had not been able to contact his family for three months before being deployed to Russia, and his parents
When asked why he came to Russia, Ri said, "I heard I would be receiving training as an exchange student, but I didn't know I would be taking part in combat."
"I only found out I would be taking part in combat after arriving at the airport, and I was deployed to the battlefield on the 5th of last month," said Ri.
My friends were sacrificed, and in the end I was the only one who survived," he said. When asked if he had been ordered to commit suicide, he replied, "In the People's Army, prisoners of war are considered traitors," and "I was also
"If the government of our country had found out that I had been taken prisoner, my parents would not have been able to stay in Pyongyang," Ri said.
When asked if he would face various difficulties if he returned to North Korea now, he replied, "Of course."
He continued, "My father's side is a family of scientists," and "I also thought I would go to college after discharge."
"I have been in the North Korean army for many years and have overcome many obstacles to death, so I want to make this dream come true," he said.
Attention is focused on whether discussions with Krajina will begin.