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![One of the two North Koreans is being pulled by North Korean border officials at Panmunjom after being over by South Korean special police in November 2019. The two North Koreans were sent back to North Korea just five days after they were retrieved by the South Korean Navy near Samcheok, Gangwon. Moon Jae-in's government then claimed that the two North Korean men were wanted by North Korean authorities for killing 16 people. [MINISTRY OF UNIFICATION]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10509713.jpg?imageId=10509713&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Former head of the National Intelligence Service Park Jie-won, center, lunged by Lee Rae-jin, the brother of the fisheries ministry employee, who was killed by North Koreans in 2020, in front of the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul on Friday. The trial against Park for conspiring against the deceased public servant started on the same day that commemorates those that died defending the Yellow Sea in numerous provocation by North Koreans. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11254323.jpg?imageId=11254323&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![North Korean fisherman being forced back to North Korea by South Korean special police at Panmunjeom on November 2019, [MINISTRY OF UNIFICATION]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10356039.jpg?imageId=10356039&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![View of apartments in Seoul in March 2021. Because of the rise in the assessed value of apartments, some older people face larger health insurance bills. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10239050.jpg?imageId=10239050&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)