Prisoner exchange

North Korean prisoners of war being returned to North Korea during the Korean War by the United States.

A prisoner exchange or prisoner swap is a deal between opposing sides in a conflict to release prisoners: prisoners of war, spies, hostages, etc. Sometimes, dead bodies are involved in an exchange.[1]

  1. ^ "Yielding Prisoners, Israel Receives 2 Dead Soldiers". New York Times. 17 July 2008. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2018.