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S. Korea returns N. Korean fisherman

By KH디지털2

Published : Dec. 23, 2014 - 15:48

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South Korea on Tuesday returned a North Korean fisherman who was rescued in the East Sea last week, an official said.

The man, whose name was withheld, was found by the South's coast guard as his trawler was drifting near the Dokdo islets. He expressed his wish to go back home.

"We handed him and his boat over to the North at around 10:30 a.m. today as scheduled through the Northern Limit Line," the unification ministry official said. (Yonhap)