South Korean authorities were questioning on Monday six North Koreans rescued over the weekend as they drifted in the sea off the east coast and will send
SEOUL – South Korean authorities were questioning on Monday six North Koreans rescued over the weekend as they drifted in the sea off the east coast and will send them home if they want to go, the South’s Unification Ministry said.
The rescue comes as South Korea’s new liberal government has pledged a more moderate approach to North Korea including engagement and reopening a communication channel that has been severed amid tension over its arms programmes.
The six are believed to have been on two fishing vessels, one of which was overturned, when they were rescued by the South Korean coast guard and the navy on Saturday, the coast guard said.
The six were being questioned by a South Korean team, and would be asked if they wished to be repatriated to the North, Unification Ministry spokesman Lee Duk-haeng told a briefing.
