About the Author
Elizabeth Jae
Elizabeth Jae is a contributor and translator based in Seoul. Her main interests include human rights issues and political system in North Korea.
During the Korean War, tens of thousands of South Korean soldiers became prisoners of war (POW) to North Korea, and many of them remain there.
The South Korean Ministry of Defense, in a report to the National Assembly in 2007, said that nearly 42,000 South Korean soldiers went missing in the Korean War.