9 North Korean defectors rescued in the Sea of Japan off the Noto peninsula, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan has been allowed to land in Japan.
A North Korean defector who claims to be a leader of 8 other defectors admitted that he is a fisherman engaged in fishing activities for the Korean People's Army (KPA) and expressed a desire to travel to South Korea. Upon submission of a request for a temporary stay in Japan, Immigration Control Bureau of the Ministry of Justice has granted them temporary landing in Japan. They have been transferred to Oomura Immigration Control Center, Nagasaki Prefecture.
The Ministry of Justice will question them over why they desire to travel to South Korea, what they were doing in North Korea, etc. The Ministry will approve of their stay in Japan and will send them to South Korea unless the Ministry finds them in violation of anything particular.
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