MOSCOW, August 28 (RIA Novosti) - In the latest move to rebuild ties with Seoul, North Korea has announced that it will free on Saturday four South Korean fishermen detained last month in its territorial waters.
The Yeonanho fishing boat was towed to a North Korean port on July 30 after straying about 11 kilometers into northern waters, reportedly due to a glitch in its navigation system.
"North Korea notified us that the Yeonanho and its crew members will be transferred to our side on the East Sea at 5 p.m. [08.00 GMT] tomorrow," Yonhap news agency quoted the South Korean Unification Ministry as saying.
The announcement came shortly after delegations from the two Koreas agreed at bilateral talks to hold reunions in late September of families separated by the Korean War more than half a century ago.
The meetings will be held a hotel on Mount Kumgang from September 26 to October 1, and will involve around 200 families separated during the 1950-1953 war. The last such reunion was held in 2007.
The agreement is seen as an effort to restore relations, and follows North Korea's recent release of a South Korean worker at the Kaesong industrial complex, and the lifting of cross-border transit restrictions.
