"John W." wrote:

> "Musashi" <Miyamoto@Hosokawa.co.jp> wrote in message news:<3NsVc.5670$FV3.2683@newssvr17.news.prodigy.com>...
> > "John W." <worthj1970@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:73fde4f0.0408201141.5eec0742@posting.google.com...
> > > From Reuters, via news.yahoo.com:
> > >
> > > "North Korea... appealed to refugees who have sought asylum in the
> > > South to return to the impoverished state, avoiding for once labeling
> > > them "human scum" and saying a warm home awaits them."
> > >
> > > Warm? So instead of hanging or shooting are they going to cook them
> > > and eat? Lord knows the North doesn't need more mouths to feed.
> > >
> > > John W.
> >
> > It it weren't such a human tragedy, most of what North Korea says and does
> > is pretty funny
>
> I'd be curious to find out how many people take advantage of this.

Japanese news reports would make it seem that the occasional shipload of delayed North Korean sailors (due to
shipwreck, or waiting for permission to dock or refueling for the trip home) choose to go home without
exception, despite seeing some of the world outside.