April 19, 2024
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Moon asked Kim Jong Un to return South Korean detainees: Blue House

Presidential office reveals request following release of U.S. prisoners on Wednesday

ROK President Moon Jae-in during last month's inter-Korean summit requested DPRK leader Kim Jong Un return six South Korean citizens currently detained in the North, South Korea's Senior Presidential Secretary for Public Relations said on Wednesday.

The comments came following the news that North Korea had released three U.S. citizens into the custody of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who was in Pyongyang to continue preparations for a planned summit between Kim and President Donald Trump.

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