South Korea Uses Loudspeakers to Try and Communicate Return of Fishermen to North Korea

It seems the ROK should just bring the fishermen to Panmunjom and let them cross over the border there even if the North Koreans don’t communicate back to them:

Eight North Korean fishermen spent weeks lost at sea. Now they’re adrift in a diplomatic limbo.

The fishermen all said they wanted to go home after being rescued by South Korean maritime police earlier this week, but Seoul has been unable to reach the other side to arrange their return, officials said.

The case offers an unusual glimpse into the communication methods used between the two enemies, which are divided by the world’s most heavily fortified border and remain technically at war.

When the North Koreans didn’t pick up the phone, the South resorted to a form of shouting: broadcasting the request across the Demilitarized Zone via loudspeakers.  [Stars & Stripes]

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