North Korea Returns South Korean 'Defectors'

North Korea has returned six South Korean men whom it says were defectors. Political analysts say the gesture may be Pyongyang's attempt to thaw cold relations after it abruptly canceled reunions of families separated since the Korean War. North Korean authorities returned six South Korean citizens Friday afternoon at the border “truce village” of Panmunjom. South Korea's Unification Ministry says Pyongyang had detained the six men, between the ages of 27 and 67, for illegally ...

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