A trio of North Korean fishermen slaughtered 16 fellow crew members — including their captain, officials said Thursday. Two of the killers, both in their 20s, were captured in their boat south ...

North Korea freed the crew Tuesday of a South Korean fishing boat seized a month ago, a sign the rivals may be talking behind the scenes to improve relations that have plummeted to their lowest ...

In 2019, two North Korean fishermen confessed to murdering 16 shipmates before they fled to South Korea by boat and sought asylum. The then-progressive government in the South denied them refugee ...

Several weeks ago, prosecutors in South Korea opened an investigation into the involuntary return of two North Korean fishermen to North Korea in 2019. Human Rights Watch considers the men’s ...

South Korea has deported two North Korean fishermen suspected of killing 16 fellow crew members, including the boat’s captain, before fleeing to South Korean waters.

The two North Korean fishermen on board expressed their intent to defect and even signed related documents. However, the Moon administration ignored their wishes and sent them back to North Korea.

What began as an ordinary day for South Korean fishermen near Sokcho became a major military incident when their nets snagged a stranded North Korean submarine. Forced to surface, the Yugo-class ...

The fate of two North Korean fishermen who were forcibly returned to the North in November 2019 has exploded into a scandal that tears at the hearts and minds of anyone looking at images of their t… ...

The South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the military identified and tracked the individual near the central-west section of ...

The former top officials are accused of forcing two North Korean fishermen back to North Korea despite their expressed intention to defect. The two men were picked up by the South Korean navy on Nov.