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November 05, 2024
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Seoul offers to return remains of presumed North Korean woman found near border

Pyongyang has yet to respond to notice sent Friday about body discovered with badge of DPRK leaders, South Korea says

Seoul has sent a notice to North Korea offering to repatriate the remains of a woman presumed to have floated to the South via a river that crosses the inter-Korean border, the unification ministry said Friday.

Pyongyang has not yet responded to the offer to return the body, which was discovered with a North Korean badge earlier this year, it added.

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