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211140
Tue, 10/04/2011 - 13:49
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2 N. Koreans cross sea border into South: military
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- Two North Koreans crossed the eastern sea border into South Korea on a small boat earlier Tuesday, an official said, in what could be the latest in a string of defections by North Koreans.
The two men are being questioned by South Korean officials about their motives, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.
Their two-ton wooden boat was in South Korean waters when it was spotted by South Korea's Navy around 7:45 a.m. before they were towed to a base for questioning, the JCS said.
In June, nine North Koreans defected to the South by two boats across the tense western maritime border.
Seoul has a longstanding policy to accept any North Korean defectors who want to live in the South, and repatriate any North Koreans who stray into the South if they want to return.
entropy@yna.co.kr
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The two men are being questioned by South Korean officials about their motives, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.
Their two-ton wooden boat was in South Korean waters when it was spotted by South Korea's Navy around 7:45 a.m. before they were towed to a base for questioning, the JCS said.
In June, nine North Koreans defected to the South by two boats across the tense western maritime border.
Seoul has a longstanding policy to accept any North Korean defectors who want to live in the South, and repatriate any North Koreans who stray into the South if they want to return.
entropy@yna.co.kr
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