Five N. Koreans sail across tense border to S. Korea

South Korean ships patrol the disputed waters of the Yellow Sea (AFP Photo/KIM JAE-HWAN)
MoreFive North Koreans in a small boat crossed the sea border into South Korean waters Saturday, a Coast Guard official said, in an apparent bid to defect to the South.
The five people, including four men and one woman, have expressed their wish to live in the South as defectors, the Yonhap news agency reported.
“Coast guards guided the boat to safety at (the eastern port of) Mukho,” a South Kor