North Korea confirmed Thursday it seized a South Korean fishing boat more than a week ago and claimed the seven crewmen admitted to fishing in its waters.
South Korea had been pushing for the release of the four South Korean and three Chinese fishermen it had said were seized along with the boat on Aug. 8, but Pyongyang had not responded or acknowledged that it had the fishermen.
The North confirmed the seizure Thursday, saying that its navy caught the boat illegally fishing in the communist country's eastern exclusive economic zone. The fishermen admitted their wrongdoing during a preliminary investigation, Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency said …
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