Son of N. Korea hijack victim demands return of father

Hwang In-cheol holds standing before a fence covered in 'peace ribbons' during an event calling for the release of his father by North Korea, at the Imjingak peace park near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, in Paju on Sunday (Dec 8). - AFP

PAJU (South Korea): The son of a hijacking victim and his supporters on Sunday (Dec 8)once more demanded North Korea return his father, five decades after Pyongyang diverted a plane carrying 50 South Koreans on board.

Hwang Won was on a domestic Korean Air flight from Gangneung to Seoul's Gimpo airport on Dec 11, 1969, only for the aircraft to be hijacked by a North Korean spy 10 minutes after takeoff and made to land in Pyongyang.