S. Korea officially recognizes 3 fishing crewmen abducted by N. Korea in 1973
South Korea has officially recognized three fishing crewmen abducted by North Korea decades ago, Seoul's unification ministry said Monday, bringing the total number of government-recognized abductees since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War to 519. The ministry added Jo Gi-won, Kim Yang-hun and Kim Dong-ho, who were forcibly taken to the North while aboard their fishing boat, the Daeyeong, near…
The Korea Times reports that South Korea has officially recognized three fishing crewmen abducted by North Korea in 1973, bringing the total number of government-recognized abductees since the end of the Korean War to 519. The three crewmen, Jo Gi-won, Kim Yang-hun, and Kim Dong-ho, were forcibly taken from their fishing boat, the Daeyeong, near the South Korean border island of Yeonpyeong.
South Korea has decided to provide 81 million won ($60,290) in consolation money to Jo's family members, while it is seeking to find the family members of the other two abductees. The Daeyeong had not been counted among the boats whose sailors were abducted by the North until Kim Byeong-do, one of its crewmembers, returned to South Korea in 2003.
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