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S. Korea returns N. Korean fisherman at Panmunjom

Seoul honors others' requests to stay in South over Pyongyang's protests

South Korea has repatriated one of the three North Koreans whose boat drifted into South Korean waters but will honor the requests of the two others to stay in the South, officials said.

The North, which had demanded that all three be returned, asked that it be able to interview the other two to confirm their desire to remain in the South.

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