South Korea sent six North Koreans back across the rivals' sea border on Wednesday, months after they drifted south in wooden boats in March and May. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

The South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the military identified and tracked the individual near the central-west section of the military demarcation line and conducted a “guiding operation” before taking the person into custody Thursday night.

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The North Koreans had expressed a desire on multiple occasions to go back home, officials said. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

South Korea sent six North Koreans back across their sea border, months after they drifted south in wooden boats in March and May

The fishermen said they wanted to go home, but repatriations pose legal and moral questions given the Kim regime’s secrecy.

The fishermen’s boats had drifted into South Korean waters, officials said. The South’s new president has been trying to improve ties with North Korea.

The individuals, who accidentally drifted into South Korean waters this year, were returned across a maritime border on Wednesday.View on euronews

South Korea has returned six North Korean fishermen who drifted into its waters after engine failures, in what appears to be a gesture of good will under new President Lee Jae Myung. The repatriation occurred Wednesday near the maritime border on the peninsula's east coast,

South Korea on Wednesday repatriated six North Koreans via the maritime border in the East Sea, months after they had drifted into southern waters and were rescued. A wooden boat carrying them, all fishermen,