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https://fr.sputniknews.com/asie_pacifique/202106191045757188-un-sud-coreen-tente-de-traverser-la-frontiere-vers-le-nord/
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A South Korean man was intercepted while crossing the inter-Korean border in the Yellow Sea aboard a boat, southern government sources said on Saturday.
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A 40-year-old boarded a ship docked in a port on the border island of Baengnyeong on Wednesday and tried to set sail, but the boat simply drifted because it was out of fuel, the same added. source.
The coast guard took the individual into custody at a nearby port the next day. The man told investigators he stole the boat across the border to North Korea, adding that he had made a similar attempt in the past.
Attempts to defect South Koreans to North Korea are rare, as the total number of North Korean defectors living in South Korea stood at 33,752 at the end of last year.
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