Daily NK
Group of North Koreans caught trying to defect North Korea by boat
The boat captain had learned the route to South Korea in advance before taking his crew and family out to sea
2021.02.15 10:00am
At the beginning of January, several North Koreans were caught while attempting to defect from North Korea by boat from Chongjin Port, North Hamgyong Province.
A source based in the North Hamgyong Province told Daily NK on Feb. 5 that “a local who worked as the captain of a fishing boat was arrested in the middle of the sea by patrol ships while trying to go to South Korea with his family and crew.”