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The Korean government has returned all of the three North Korean ships and seamen who have crossed the NLL to the North. I did a concentration survey for one day, saying that there was an uncertain part.

It is Kim Ai-young journalist on the sidewalk.

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The government has handed over all three North Korean crew members and crew members to the North, who were towed on the NLL, the northern margin of the East Sea at 3:30 pm yesterday (July 30).

Two days after NLL, it is one day after joint investigation is done.

[Roh Jae-chun / Deputy Defense Minister: I understand that the results of the joint investigation are not available.)

The crew were found to have departed from Tongcheon Port, 40 kilometers south of Wonan, Gangwon Province, at around 1 am on November 25.

After three days of squid fishing, I tried to come back, but when I resorted to the compass without a satellite navigation device, it was a statement from the crew that I misidentified the route.

It was reported that they mistook the southern lights of the NLL as the original area and came down to the south.

The white cloth hanging on the vessel is not intended to be used as an intention, but to prevent collision with a large ship.

The reason for responding to the flashing signal of our army is that it was judged to be the signal of the North Korean military.

[Lee Sang-min / Ministry of Unification spokesperson: (for repatriation) It usually takes about 2 ~ 5 days ... However, if the North Korean people's willingness to do so is confirmed from a humanitarian point of view, we have been repatriated immediately.]

The government explained that there were signs of actual fishing activities such as fishing net and squid on the ship, and no equipment suspected for infiltration was found.