North Korea wants all of its citizens returned

North Korea has demanded South Korea to return 31North Koreans who accidentally crossed over when on a fishing trip, despite the south saying that four have them have defected.

After being questioned for almost a month, South Korea has agreed to return the 27 citizens, through a truce city, Panmunjum, which lies in between the countries. Also, The fishing boat will be sent back through the waters it came, reports the red cross.

Currently, there are more than 20 thousand North Korean defectors in South Korea. Since the turn of the century, the number of defectors has risen dramatically, and continues to climb.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/04/north.korea.defectors/index.html

Brandon VanLoon