Choi said Jeon was one of 25 crewmen on board two boats captured by North Korea in the Yellow Sea in 1972.
A South Korean man abducted by North Korea has escaped and returned home after 41 years.
Choi Sung-yung of the Abductees' Family Union said Friday that 68-year-old Jeon Wook-pyo escaped last month and returned to South Korea in early September. Choi said Jeon was one of 25 crewmen on board two boats captured by North Korea in the Yellow Sea in 1972.
Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Hyung-suk confirmed to reporters that the man who escaped was in South Korea, but provided no other details.
Choi said Jeon was the only one of the crewmen to have successfully escaped.
South Korea estimates that more than 500 South Koreans have been kidnapped and detained by North Korea since the 1950-1953 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty.
SKorean abducted by NKorea escapes after 41 years
Choi said Jeon was one of 25 crewmen on board two boats captured by North Korea in the Yellow Sea in 1972.
A South Korean man abducted by North Korea has escaped and returned home after 41 years.
Choi Sung-yung of the Abductees' Family Union said Friday that 68-year-old Jeon Wook-pyo escaped last month and returned to South Korea in early September. Choi said Jeon was one of 25 crewmen on board two boats captured by North Korea in the Yellow Sea in 1972.
Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Hyung-suk confirmed to reporters that the man who escaped was in South Korea, but provided no other details.
Choi said Jeon was the only one of the crewmen to have successfully escaped.
South Korea estimates that more than 500 South Koreans have been kidnapped and detained by North Korea since the 1950-1953 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty.
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