South Korea’s presidential office condemned the previous government’s decision to repatriate two North Korean fishermen as a “crime against humanity” on Wednesday, a day after newly released photos showed at least one of the men physically resisting their 2019 handover to DPRK authorities.
The Yoon Suk-yeol administration vowed to further investigate the three-year-old case in light of the “shocking” photos, as questions about how and why the government chose to send the fishermen back rapidly snowball into a major political scandal.
South Korea’s presidential office condemned the previous government’s decision to repatriate two North Korean fishermen as a “crime against humanity” on Wednesday, a day after newly released photos showed at least one of the men physically resisting their 2019 handover to DPRK authorities.
The Yoon Suk-yeol administration vowed to further investigate the three-year-old case in light of the “shocking” photos, as questions about how and why the government chose to send the fishermen back rapidly snowball into a major political scandal.
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