On November 7, 2019, South Korea forcibly repatriated two North Korean fishermen suspected of killing 16 of their fellow fishermen.
[1][2][3] The pair attempted to defect to South Korea after arriving in the south on November 2, 2019.
[4] This was the first deportation of North Koreans by the South Korean Government since the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement.
[5][6] Prosecutor's investigation was launched in 2022.
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