South Korea accidentally repatriated six North Koreans drifted to South Korea. The Ministry of Unification of Seoul said that all six people continued to express their wishes.
Two of North Korea went to the southern waters in March and stayed for four months.
The other four are sailors who drift across the maritime border between the north and the south in May.
This is the first return of Korea’s LEE JAE-MYUNG’s presidential position, and the campaign was held to improve the bond between KORA. The two countries have not tried to adjust their profits for several months.
There were several previous cases where the former North Koreans sailed south without intended. They often use small wooden boats that can not be easily controlled on the course after drifting.
In the past, we will adjust to send people from both countries who want to return north through the land border.
However, Pyongyang blocked the communication lines between all districts in April 2023 with a higher tension.
Eight months later, North Korean leader Kim Jong -un (Kim Jong UN) declared that unification with the south was no longer possible.
The only known communication channel remaining is through the US -led UN Command and news media.
The Ministry of Unification of Seoul told the North to inform the north of the UN Command twice that it would send these six people home, but did not answer.
North Korean patrol boats and fishing boats were found at the handover branch on Wednesday morning, and some observers believed that the two South Korea would agree with the repatriation plan “behind the scenes.”
NAM SUNG-WOOK, former head of the Korean National Strategy Research Institute Think Tank, said, “There is a practical risk that you can drift again by setting a boat drifting in a vast sea without adjustment.”
I believe that the remaining six people will be interrogated for a long time when they return north.
“They’ll bake them about whether they have been trained or sensitive,” the BBC Korean said.
After the investigation, you can be asked to help propaganda. Their desire to return north added, “It strengthens the legitimacy of the (Kim) regime.”
Michael Madden, a North Korean expert at Washington’s Stimson Center, pointed out that the boat drives south when South Korea led by a temporary president, following the impeachment of President Yoon Suk YEOL.
“This may have delayed the decisions of two Koreans.
“Pyongyang certainly did not believe in the remnants of Korea, and Korea may be open to accusation of illegal repatriation due to the political convenience of the international community,” he said.
The repatriation of Wednesday was embarrassed by some North Korean defectors.
The activist Lee Min-Bok said six people would have to have a chance to talk to North Koreans and learn more about Korean society.
“If I have a chance to talk to them, I told them that they could eventually face the penalties of the North Korean regime.
However, his activist team stopped working in anticipation of the crackdown on the new engine administration in Korea.
The Seoul National Assembly is currently discussing the bill to prohibit such balloon launches.
Lee Jae-myung, who was elected as the president of Korea in June, promised to restart the conversation with Pyongyang and reduce the tension between the two countries.
A week after his inauguration, South Korean troops stopped the loud speaker propaganda to North Korea beyond the border.
However, some analysts do not expect to significantly improve the ties between Korea.
Celeste Arrington, a George Washington University Institute of George Washington University, said Celeste Arrington, a Celeste Arrington in North Korea, has “firmly” with Russia with Russia Cooperation has built up, and now there is no need to participate in the south.
Public opinion in the south also has little appetite for the relationship with the north, she said.
“Therefore, there are few signals that rebuild the communication line between the north and the south, as well as the warming of meaningful relationships.”
