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Ex_Res
Were rhey offered asylum, after all Japan has signed up to the UN Convention for Refugees.
I suspect that Japanese immigration authority's did not go out of their way to inform these North Kotreans of their rights.
OssanAmerica
It was reported in previous articles that all of the North Korean crews had requested that they be returned to North Korea. No one asked for asylum.
Goodlucktoyou
Just in time to watch the olympics!
Tokyo-Engr
oosan. I read the same reports. Can’t understand why in the world reporting a simple fact like that is downvoted. Strange
Slickdrifter
Any thoughts on what is going to happen to these N.K. gents when getting back in the homeland?
BeerDeliveryGuy
Most likely they would be debriefed for intelligence, and treated as “heroes” who defied Japan.
Slickdrifter
@ Beer guy.
That is some food for thought. They just might get the heroes welcome.
I do not think we will really ever know. I hope they do not get any blow back.
They have been through a hell of an ordeal for being just fishermen. Not like they were spies.
Just guys trying to feed themselves and family.
Goodlucktoyou
I feel sorry for their families back home. They were away from home for months, no fish to bring back and winter in NK.
Laguna
Not a good idea to ask for asylum if you have family or friends in North Korea. They'd disappear pretty quickly.
nandakandamanda
So the captain did all the heavyweight loosening of fixtures and removal of motorbikes, microwaves, generators, etc., himself? Some kind of Sengoku jidai plea-bargaining going on here, I trow.
sheik_yerbouti
I don't think "deport" is a good word choice here.The eight men who have gone back to NK weren't convicted of a crime and had requested to be sent back."Repatriate"is much more appropriate.The captain,if and when he is found guilty,will be deported.
Toasted Heretic
Why are they pirates?
Because they just aaarrrrr.
Seriously, they're just opportunists. When your govt spends all it's money on the military and allows people to starve, what's a person to do?
Myhumbletake
Trespassing one country’s shores is illegal. In some countries they would shoot them on sight. It is believable they were treated with dignity and respect while the deportation process lasted.
englisc aspyrgend
Nope, Fat Boy has banned his serfs from watching it.
Any way they didn't manage to get away with the TV!
RealCDN
It's the NK Olympic rowing team.