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Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap
[Yonahap headline: "(LEAD) S. Korea to launch study on number of its POWs in N. Korea"]
Seoul, Oct. 31 (Yonhap) - South Korea plans to start an additional study to figure out how many of its prisoners of the Korean War have been held in North Korea, defence officials said Sunday.
The planned study was prompted by the fact that four South Korean soldiers, originally believed to have been killed in action in North Korea during the 1950-53 war, met their family members from the South at the ongoing reunions of families separated by the war.
South Korean officials believe about 500 POWs are …