8 N. Koreans from drifting boat leave Japan for China en route home

Eight North Korean men whose wooden fishing boat drifted to northeastern Japan last month left the country Tuesday for China en route to their home country.The eight men, who were at an immigration center in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, arrived at Kansai airport near Osaka earlier in the day and left on a civil aircraft at around 3:40 p.m.When their boat washed ashore on a beach in Yurihonjo, Akita Prefecture, on Nov. 23, the men told Japanese authorities they were fishing for squid before the engine failed and they wanted to return to North Korea.The men were taken to the immig…READ FULL ARTICLE