Government officials on Tuesday interviewed the five North Korean asylum seekers who successfully made it to South Korea in May after being dragged out of a Japanese consulate in China by Chinese police, according to the Foreign Ministry.
The ministry did not reveal what was discussed in the meeting between officials from the Japanese Embassy in Seoul and the family of five, except to confirm that the family is from North Korea and that its members are in "good condition and calm."
The South Korean government, which is housing the family at a facility where North Korean defectors adjust to life in South Korea, allowed the Japanese government to conduct the interviews on condition the contents be withheld.