Two South Koreans and 15 Russians returned to
South Korea on Sunday, following 10 days of detention in
North Korea after their fishing boat drifted into North Korean waters, officials said.
The crew members were aboard a Russia-flagged fishing boat when it was detained by North Korea on July 17 after leaving South Korea's eastern Sokcho port a day earlier.
Seoul's Unification Ministry said in a statement the crew arrived aboard the same boat at Sokcho on Sunday, a day after they left the North's Wonsan port.