North Korea threatens South for holding fishermen

[WorldNews]

North Korea said on Wednesday it would respond firmly if South Korea continued to hold five people who had drifted south in a fishing boat, including three believed to be seeking asylum. The North, in a message relayed by its Red Cross chief to a counterpart in the South, accused South Korean authorities of trying to coerce the five into defecting, calling it "a cowardly act of crime against humanity". "The South side must stop using hackneyed trickery that will fool no one and unconditionally return our citizens," the message signed by the Red Cross chief, Kang Su Rin, and carried by the North's external propaganda website Uriminzokkiri said.

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