Five North Koreans were rescued from a sinking fishing boat in waters off South Korea’s Dokdo island last week.
The South Korean Coast Guard discovered the fishing boat about 60 kilometers northeast of Dokdo on Friday morning… and rescued all five crew members on board.
According to an official from South Korea’s Unification Ministry on Sunday,… the crew members, all men in their 20s to 40s, wish to return home.
That’s quite a contrast to last month, when three North Koreans were rescued from a similar predicament, with only one asking to be repatriated and two choosing to defect to the South.
The five recently rescued crew members will be sent back through the border village of Panmunjom on Monday.
