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Prisoners on both sides of the Korean War were exchanged at Panmunjom in 1953, following the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement. Members of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, deployed by Mao as the “Volunteer Army” to avoid any complications of a direct war with the United States, were among those exchanged.”
Josh: he/they
Score 1 for ahistoricity: North Korea has always had a conscript army and had no ‘volunteer army nationals’ to exchange. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription_in_North_Korea#History
(Open to changing this if citations are provided to the contrary, will accept proof via the Puzzler if the author wishes to preserve their anonymity)