South rescues 21 N Koreans in boat
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November 6, 2011, Sunday
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TWENTY-ONE North Koreans were found in a boat that floated into South Korean waters earlier this week in the Yellow Sea, the largest such arrival in nine months, an official said yesterday.
The arrivals were being questioned, and it wasn't yet clear how or why the North Koreans arrived in South Korean waters. The South's long-standing policy has been to allow in North Koreans who choose to defect and repatriate those who wish to return, but defections are a sore point in Korean relations.
The boat was found off the northwestern island of Socheong and was handed over to the navy, a South Korean coast guard official in the port city of Incheon said. Socheong lies just south of the Koreas' disputed maritime border.
The official couldn't provide more details because authorities were still questioning the North Koreans.
South Korea's National Intelligence Service also declined to comment yesterday.
The arrival was the largest of its kind since February, when 31 North Koreans floated south on a boat in the Yellow Sea. Seoul repatriated 27 of them and let the others say.
The arrivals were being questioned, and it wasn't yet clear how or why the North Koreans arrived in South Korean waters. The South's long-standing policy has been to allow in North Koreans who choose to defect and repatriate those who wish to return, but defections are a sore point in Korean relations.
The boat was found off the northwestern island of Socheong and was handed over to the navy, a South Korean coast guard official in the port city of Incheon said. Socheong lies just south of the Koreas' disputed maritime border.
The official couldn't provide more details because authorities were still questioning the North Koreans.
South Korea's National Intelligence Service also declined to comment yesterday.
The arrival was the largest of its kind since February, when 31 North Koreans floated south on a boat in the Yellow Sea. Seoul repatriated 27 of them and let the others say.
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