north korea had a communist government during the korean war.
what type of government did north korea have during the korean war?
a communist government
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the exact number of south korean pows who were detained in north korea after the war is unknown, as is the number who still survive in north korea. in its report to the legislature in october 2007, the south korean ministry of defense reported that "a total of 41,971 south korean soldiers were missing during the korean war. 8,726 were repatriated through pow exchanges after the armistice of 1953. some 13,836 have been determined to have been killed based on other information. to date, the status of 19,409 soldiers has not been confirmed." most of these unconfirmed were believed to have been unrepatriated pows. other estimates of south korean pows held by the north koreans at the armistice have been higher. yi hang-gu, a writer and north korea expert currently in south korea who had served as a sergeant in the korean people's army, has testified that he commanded former south korean pows who had been enlisted into the korean people's army during the korean war. yi's unit, the 22nd brigade, was composed mostly of former south korean captives led by north korean officers and non-commissioned officers. yi has said the number of south korean pows who survived in north korea at the end of the fighting "could have been about 50,000-60,000."
korean war pows detained in north korea