(From AFP)
A man claiming to have escaped North Korea was being held under police protection after he was found wandering in a city in western Japan, local media reported on Sunday.
The man told the police that he left North Korea by ship last week, public broadcaster NHK and the Asahi Shimbun said, without clarifying why he was on board.
He then jumped off the boat and swam ashore in Yamaguchi prefecture by holding onto a floating plastic container, the news reports said.
The man, whose name was withheld, was found wandering in Nagato city on Saturday morning and taken in by police, they added. Read More