Escaped from North Korea on a small wooden boat, wearing ``work clothes and sneakers'' - South Korean report

North Korean residents could not hide their impatience until the maritime police were dispatched as four unknown former North Koreans expressed their intention to defect on the sea near Sokcho, Gangwon-do, South Korea.
The situation was reported to them. According to Yonhap News on the 24th, the first thing a man who came from North Korea on a small wooden boat said to the whistleblower, Im Jae-gil, was, "Where am I?"
It was. When Mr. Im answered, ``Sokcho, Gangwon Province,'' the North Korean man attached a wooden boat to Mr. Im's fishing boat, tied the two together with a rope, and returned to the wooden boat with a cigarette in his hand.
Mr. Lim said, ``I asked, ``Are you from the North?'' but at first he didn't seem to understand,'' and ``I asked again, ``Are you from North Korea?''
Tara (the man) nodded." Occasionally, military patrol planes would fly over his line of sight, but the man seemed panicked and anxious and kept staring at them. Mr. Lim said, ``It's okay.
. "The maritime police will be here soon," he said, leaning close to them. When Mr. Lim asked, ``When did you ride?'' the man replied, ``I rode this morning.'' Lim said of men, ``He's a man of few words.
It was. The North Korean defectors talked to each other, but I tried not to speak loudly with them." At the same time, he recalled, ``We talked about coming to Korea often.''
Lim said he saw three people on the wooden boat, a man and a woman who appeared to be in their 30s, and a woman who appeared to be in her 50s.
The man was wearing work clothes with oil stains and boots, the women were wearing casual clothes, and the young woman, who appeared to be in her 50s, was wearing clean white sneakers.
The woman was wearing black shoes. A young woman saw Lim's boat and exchanged words with him, saying, ``Korean boats are really nice.''
They did not reveal their intention to defect or any personal information to Mr. Lim. The fact that they are a family of four
Lim said, ``I saw an elderly woman coming and going in the cabin frequently, and it appeared that there was a child inside.''
In response to the wooden boat they had come on, he said, ``I have been on the boat for over 40 years, but...
But it didn't look like a ship. It appears to have been equipped with a tiller engine." On the other hand, in November 2019, four North Korean fishermen defected by sea from Samcheok Port in the East Sea.
It's been four years since someone defected. The South Korean government is expected to make a final decision on whether or not to grant asylum to the four people who have expressed their intention to seek asylum, through a central joint hearing process. During this process, he received a job in North Korea.
Determine the applicant's occupation, career history, and definite intention to defect from North Korea.