SEOUL - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea has agreed to send the body of a Republic of Korea (ROK) civilian found dead in its waters back to the ROK, the Yonhap News Agency quoted Seoul's Red Cross as saying Friday.

The ROK's Unification Ministry, which oversees inter-Korean affairs, is planning to receive the corpse of the 43-year-old man, identified only by his surname Ko, at the truce village of Panmunjom that straddles the divided Koreas, according to Yonhap.

Ko's body is believed to have drifted toward waters off the DPRK's Hwanghae Province.