North Koreans held for stealing isle’s generator

TOKYO: Japanese police arrested three crew members of a North Korean boat for stealing a generator from a hut on an uninhabited island, public broadcaster NHK said, the latest drama amid increasing arrivals of North Korean fishing boats off Japan.

The boats, some in distress, some abandoned and some with bodies on board, have raised fears about infiltration by spies as tension with North Korea surges over its missile and nuclear programmes. North Korea has test-fired two missiles over Japan, a country it has threatened to destroy.