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Text of report in English by South Korean newspaper The Korea Herald website on 7 September
[Report by Shin Hae-in: "Seoul Considers Aid as N. Korea Frees Fishermen"]
(KOREA HERALD) -Tensions on the divided Korean Peninsula appear to be easing for the first time since North Korea allegedly sunk the Ch'o'nan [Cheonan] in March, as the North on Tuesday released a South Korean fishing boat it detained last month and accepted an offer of aid.
Calling it a "humanitarian" gesture, the North sent back South Korea's 41-ton fishing boat, and four South Korean and three Chinese fishermen who were taken into custody on Aug. 8 for allegedly trespassing upon its …