Sailors allowed to return home

SEOUL - Two North Korean sailors yesterday were allowed to return home from South Korea through the, border truce village of …

SEOUL - Two North Korean sailors yesterday were allowed to return home from South Korea through the, border truce village of Panmunjom in a goodwill gesture Seoul hopes will break the ice with Pyong-yang. The seamen were returned along with the bodies of two fellow crew members from a North Korean fishing vessel that sank last week.

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