North Korean defector frets over fate of soldiers thrown into Ukraine war

Kim Kang-woo works to draw global attention to rights abuses by regime

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Kim Kang-woo, who fled North Korea several years ago, is pushing to focus international attention on abuses in the country of his birth. (Ahn Seong-bok)

STEVEN BOROWIEC, Nikkei staff writer

SEOUL -- When Kim Kang-woo saw video footage appearing to show North Korean soldiers in Russia, he thought of the peers he left behind in the country of his birth.

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