Fishing boat captain Rim Chun Su, chief engineer Kim Chol and crewman Kim Thae Won belonging to the Ongjin Fishery Station spoke at the press conference.

They spoke of how the fishing boat was seized by the south Korean military gangsters and the atrocities committed by them against its crew.

They said: We left Kumi-ri, Ryongyon County at around 2 o'clock on Thursday afternoon to pick up clams.

As we were sailing while picking up clams, thick sea fog began to hang over as dusk fell.

Finding it hard to do the work any longer, we veered the boat towards the port.

A short while later, a propelling shaft stopped operation due to a gearbox trouble.

We had no other way but to stop the boat and repair the boat.

When we were judging the direction with a compass after getting it repaired, a clipper of the south Korean puppet navy appeared, blocking its sailing at full speed. It forced our boat to sail southward.

The enemies fired bullets at the fishing boat to threaten us.

We could not allow us to be meekly taken away by the puppet navy hooligans.

In order to let our patrol boat spot our position, we made a ball of fire, lighted it and shook it towards the north.

A short while later two small clippers appeared and began to encircle our boat.

The clipper that had appeared earlier turned a search light on the boat, blocking its sailing. And the two other clippers sailed close to our boat on its both sides, forcing it to sail southward.

As it grew completely dark, our engine stopped again, making it impossible to move any more.

The clippers completely encircled our boat, brandishing iron sticks and throwing iron hooks at it.

We fell unconscious, hit hard by iron sticks of the enemies.

It was when the boat arrived in a place believed to be a pier of Paekryong Island that we came back to our senses. We were shackled and blindfolded.

The hooligans of the puppet army took us to a certain building by a truck and asked us ages, names and others. They also asked us one by one if we had any idea of surrendering.

We did not answer but just said we were fishermen and would go to the embrace of the respected Marshal at once.

The enemies tried hard to make us change our minds, saying that "Come over to the south. If you surrender, we will make you live well. We will provide you with living conditions and jobs."

The sailors fought back the enemies, defying their appeasement and pressure in order to come back to the fold of the motherland.

So, they could come back to the embrace of the motherland at around 02:00 on Friday.

Rim Chun Su said that it was only after he came back home that he learned the group of puppet hooligans could not but send them back in a great haste in the face of the strong measures taken by the motherland. He added:

It was just several hours that we fought hard against the barbaric acts and pressure of the enemies to put us to submission.

While fighting back the enemies, we realized what type the enemies were and made up our minds to settle accounts with them to the last.

We also keenly realized through our experience the immutable truth that there is nothing to be afraid of and that we are sure to win even though we are left alone in the vast sea or are put in custody by the enemies as long as there is the respected Marshal.

We firmly pledge to make redoubled efforts to carry out our revolutionary tasks with surging indignation at the enemies who are running amuck to hurt the dignity of the supreme leadership of the DPRK and its social system and thus further glorify our country.

Then the sailors answered questions raised by reporters.

At the press conference the participants watched a video dealing with the atrocities committed by the hooligans of the south Korean puppet army against the peaceable boat and personnel of the DPRK.