Seoul offers to return remains of presumed North Korean woman found near border | NK News
NK News Logo
October 02, 2026Oct 02, 2026

Weapon Directory

News

Seoul offers to return remains of presumed North Korean woman found near border

Pyongyang has yet to respond to notice sent Friday about body discovered with badge of DPRK leaders, South Korea says

Seoul has sent a notice to North Korea offering to repatriate the remains of a woman presumed to have floated to the South via a river that crosses the inter-Korean border, the unification ministry said Friday.

Pyongyang has not yet responded to the offer to return the body, which was discovered with a North Korean badge earlier this year, it added.

“The Ministry of Unification tried to deliver a notice in the name of the president of the Korean Red Cross to North Korea through the North-South Joint Liaison Office at 9 a.m., stating that it would deliver the body