North Korea said Friday it would repatriate a South Korean man next week who entered the communist nation "illegally."

The man with the surname of Kim was arrested by the North's authorities after having trespassed into the North via a third country, according to the North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). Kim is a resident of Anseong, a city about 70 kilometers south of Seoul, it said.

The KCNA did not provide details of when and where he was arrested.

It quoted Kim as saying he left the South after "finding it difficult" to live there. And he went to the third country and headed to the North "for no reason," the KCNA said.

Kim admitted to his crime of illegally entering the North and requested permission to live there along with his family in the South, said the KCNA.

But the North's relevant organs persuaded him to return to the South, it said.

The North's Red Cross has informed its southern counterpart of plans to repatriate him on Sept. 11 through the truce village of Panmunjom, the KCNA said.

The South Korean government belatedly confirmed the report, saying that Kim is 52 years old.

The unification ministry said it has agreed to allow Kim to cross the border into the South at 11 a.m. on Thursday.

"We will then check his health condition and proceed with work to figure out related information, including how and why he entered North Korea," the ministry said in a press release.

Empty Streets

Boş Caddeler

Seoul'ün merkezindeki anayollardan biri 7 Eylül 2014 tarihinde birçok Güney Korelinin Eylül'ün 8'ine denk gelen ve Korelilerin Şükran Günü sayılan Chuseok tatili nedeniyle memleketlerinden ayrılmasıyla neredeyse bomboştu.

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A major road in central Seoul is left nearly empty on Sept. 7, 2014, as many South Koreans have left for their hometowns to mark Chuseok, the Korean equivalent of Thanksgiving, which this year falls on Sept. 8.

07.09.2014 - Yonhap

U.S. Serviceman Arrested in Alleged Assault of Korean Woman

ABD Askeri İddaya Göre Koreli Kadını İtme Suçundan Tutuklandı

Polis Pazartesi günü 26 yaşındaki Güney Koreli kadını metro istasyonunda ittiğinden şüphelenilen ABD Ordusu'ndan bir eri tutukladı.

Polis 2. Piyade bölüğünden olan 19 yaşındaki askeri iddaaya göre flört ettikten sonra metro istasyonunda ittiğini açıkladı.

Asker anında tutuklandı ve polis soruşturması sırasında suçlu davranışını alkolün etkisi altında olduğunu belirterek itiraf etti. Soruşturmadan sonra birliğine geri gönderildi.

Perşembe günü ise 2.Piyade bölüğünden görevliler belediye başkanını ziyaret edip, yaşananlardan dolayı özür diledi ve tekrar gerçekleşmesini önleyeceklerine dair söz verdi.

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Police said Monday that they have arrested a U.S. Army private on suspicion of pushing a 26-year-old South Korean woman into a wall at a subway station.

The 19-year-old soldier from the 2nd Infantry Division was arrested on Sunday as he allegedly hurled the woman into a wall at the subway station after flirting with her, police said.

He was immediately arrested and admitted his criminal act during the police investigation, saying that he was under the influence of alcohol. He returned to his division after the investigation.

On Thursday, officials from the 2nd Infantry Division visited the mayor's office to apologize for the incident and promised to prevent such criminal acts from recurring.

08.09.2014 - Yonhap

Traffic is increasing on highways nationwide as South Koreans are traveling to visit their families and graves of their ancestors on the Chuseok thanksgiving holiday.

The Korea Expressway Corporation (KEC) says as of Monday afternoon, it is estimated to take eight hours and 50 minutes from Seoul to Busan, eight hours from Seoul to Daegu and seven hours and 20 minutes from Seoul to Gwangju.

As people begin to return to Seoul from their hometowns, traffic on the northbound lanes is also getting heavy. It will take eight hours and 30 minutes from Busan to Seoul and seven hours and 30 minutes from Daegu and Gwangju.

Holiday highway traffic congestion is expected to peak on Monday afternoon but will ease later in the evening. The northbound lanes to Seoul will likely see heavy traffic until midnight.

The KEC says 460-thousand vehicles are expected to move out of the Seoul metropolitan area and around 400-thousand are expected to move in on Monday.

Lotte Skyscraper Fire Drill

Lotte Gökdeleni'nde Yangın Tatbikatı

İtfaiye ekibi 10 Eylül 2014 tarihinde Seoul'de bulunan Lotte Grup'un yeni gökdelen inşaatının önünde yangın tatbikatı yaptı. 2016 yılında tamamlanması planlanan yapının, 123 katlı binasıyla Güney Kore'deki en uzun bina olması hedefleniyor.

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Firefighters conduct a fire drill at Lotte Group's new skyscraper under construction in Seoul on Sept. 10, 2014. If completed as planned in 2016, the 123-story high-rise will be the tallest building in South Korea.

10.09.2014 - Yonhap