Their trespassing should be handled by the law of the DPRK as it is a wanton violation of the DPRK's law but the DPRK side decided to send them back from a humanitarian stand as they frankly admitted they deliberately committed the crime and earnestly requested for forgiveness.

The chairman of the Central Committee of the Red Cross Society of the DPRK sent a notice on Monday to the president of the south Korean Red Cross in which he said the repetition of the similar illegal acts by south Korean residents might entail serious consequences.

The trespassers were handed over to the south Korean Red Cross via Panmunjom on Wednesday.