Repatriation of 6 N. Koreans rescued at sea
Koo Byoung-sam, spokesperson for the unification ministry, attends a press conference at the government complex in Seoul on July 9, 2025, to announce that South Korea repatriated six North Korean residents via the inter-Korean maritime border in the East Sea the same day, after they had drifted into southern waters and were rescued. (Yonhap)
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