1 North Korean fishing boat washed up every 5 days on japans coast line

[RainbowUnicorn]

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20171215_34/

every 5 days for a year...
how many on board each boat ? roughly 5 to 10
thats 500 to 800 lost at sea at a bare minimum

[Syne]

Kim Jong-un's plan to feed all the fishes?
Probably fancies the ocean his own private aquarium.

[Zinjanthropos]

Fishing illegally in some one else's waters isn't just an NK thing. I see the coast guards (1 for each country) every day patrolling the Niagara River almost every day, don't have to be a genius to figure out why they are there. Food gathering, evolution still has us fighting over the available bounty.

[Syne]

I'd assume it's defectors rather than fishermen.

[Zinjanthropos]

I'd assume it's defectors rather than fishermen.

True, just breakers of international law. Isn't that what our NK trawlers are doing?

One thing I don't do when I'm on the Niagara River is pull my boat up to the opposite shore. Cameras everywhere and one can expect a visit and then do some 'splaining. I don't think in recorded history that anyone has successfully swam across the Niagara River. I live along the Upper part, the one where water is swept over a high cliff a few kilometres downstream from here. A popular spot for bad guys is a railway bridge that spans the river connecting both countries. Many have made the crawl from below, either to face authorities on the other side or fall in and await an inevitable fate. Not to mention a considerable loss of limbs have also occurred on that bridge when the timing isn't perfect with moving trains. Most of the time its just someone without proper documentation trying to get in or out that use the railway bridge. Smugglers (drugs, smokes and booze) are more apt to use boats.

[Syne]

I don't think it breaks international law, but each country deals with refugees/asylum-seekers differently.

Yep, every country guards their southern border. Mexico, the US, Canada...of which the US has the laxest immigration laws.