As the rebels have gained ground, they have detained thousands of prisoners of war. Their enemy, the junta, keeps few ...

At peak capacity, the camp—described as kriegsfangenenlager, or 'prisoner-of-war camp' in the caption of this image, drawn by an internee—contained over 23,000 civilians.

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced this week that U.S. Army Pvt. Henry J. Smith, 27, of Fulton, New York, who ...

The remains of a U.S. Army soldier from Hazel Park that was killed during the Korean War has been recovered and identified.

“He’s part of a very small number of soldiers who did give their life in Korea, in a prisoner of war camp and has actually made it home,” said Maj. Thomas Lasko, a casualty assistance officer.

The navy's premier deployment of 2025 has paid respects to aviators executed 80 years ago. The aviators were killed after the 1945 attacks on Palembang, Sumatra, known as Operation Meridian. The ...

GIMPO, South Korea (AP) — Prisoners of war held for decades after the fighting stopped. Civilian abductees. Defectors.

GIMPO, South Korea (AP) — Prisoners of war held for decades after the fighting stopped. Civilian abductees. Defectors. Separated families. North and South Koreans aren’t allowed to exchange ...

Crystal City, the only family internment camp during World War II, was the center of a secret government prisoner exchange program. During the war, hundreds of prisoners in Crystal City, including ...

Journalist looks into crimes of the Japanese army's Unit 731 'Shonen Corps' that conducted experiments on prisoners in WWII ...