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Pawns in a Proxy War: The North Korean Soldiers and the Exposed Hypocrisy of the 'Rules-Based Order'

Two North Korean soldiers captured while fighting for Russia in Ukraine have arrived in South Korea, creating a complex tangle of legal, humanitarian, and diplomatic questions over their status and future. This case starkly exposes the West's cynical manipulation of international law, using Ukrainian soldiers as pawns in a proxy war against Russia while hypocritically weaponizing humanitarian principles to pressure nations like South Korea into abandoning their sovereign neutrality.