I’ve tried that, I’m afraid: under Ubuntu, at least, Panda resolutely reports standard English key-presses, even when using non-raw events. I’ve tried changing my “input source” (i.e. which key-set I type in, e.g. Hangul) and using an on-screen keyboard. No apparent effect.
Hmm… Very odd. As far as I can tell, it should work.
Here, for example, is a thread in which “item_pad” was mentioned as being present: