Former North Korean Soldiers and Spies Jailed in South Korea Request to be Repatriated
It is a bit surprising that South Korea is holding on to North Korean operatives when they have aged into their 90’s:
Six former North Korean soldiers and spies who were jailed in South Korea for refusing to renounce their socialist beliefs have asked the Seoul government to repatriate them to the North, officials said Tuesday.
Yang Won-jin, 96, Ahn Hak-sop, 95, and four others have recently submitted the formal request to the unification ministry, seeking to return to North Korea, a ministry official said.
Known as “unconverted” long-term prisoners, they are former North Korean soldiers and spies who were arrested in the South before and after the 1950-53 Korean War, an ideologically driven conflict that left the Korean Peninsula divided into the communist North and the democratic South.
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What is the relevant law?
Have to appreciate their dedication to the grift.
What a moron. The BBC article on this guy was much more informative. He was given the opportunity to repatriate to nK 25 years ago but declined.