Updated November 7th, 2019 at 13:01 IST
South Korea deports North Koreans who fled after killing 16
South Korea says it has deported 2 North Koreans after finding they had killed 16 fellow fishermen onboard and fled to South Korea.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says it has deported 2 North Koreans after finding they had killed 16 fellow fishermen onboard and fled to South Korea.
South Korea’s Unification Ministry said Thursday the two North Koreans were initially found aboard a boat south of the sea border last Saturday.
It says a South Korean investigation later found they killed 16 colleagues aboard a fishing boat and escaped to South Korea.
Ministry spokesman Lee Sang-min says South Korea expelled them to North Korea via an inter-Korean border village on Thursday.
He says Seoul had earlier informed Pyongyang of their planned deportations.
Details of the alleged onboard killings weren’t immediately known.
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Published November 7th, 2019 at 12:59 IST
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