North Koreans’ repatriation comes as South Korea’s newly-elected president is working to improve inter-Korean ties.

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.

South Korea sent six North Koreans back across their sea border, months after they drifted south in wooden boats in March and May. It came after months of failed efforts to contact North Korea

South Korean defector-activist Lee Min-bok has paused his decades-long campaign of sending anti-Kim Jong Un leaflets across the border via balloons. The equipment he once used now sits idle, as the countrys

South Korea returned on Wednesday six North Koreans who had become stranded at sea earlier this year after their vessels had drifted south, Seoul's Unification Ministry said on Wednesday.

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.

South Korean Defense Minister nominee Ahn Gyu-back emphasized the importance of reinstating a suspended inter-Korean military de-escalation pact, acc

Inside a covert operation to bombard North Korea with pantyhose and nature films. In the summer winds, South Korean activists loft huge makeshift balloons filled with subversive materials and hygiene products into North Korean airspace in hopes of reaching people living in the most shuttered society on Earth.

The Americans were apprehended on front-line Gwanghwa Island before throwing the bottles into the sea so they could float toward North Korean shores on the tides.

South Korea on Wednesday repatriated six North Koreans across the maritime border in the East Sea, months after they drifted into southern waters and were rescued.