Officials say North Korean troops shot to death a South Korean fisheries official after he was found floating in North Korean waters. President Moon Jae-in called the killing 'a shocking incident that cannot be tolerated.'
A South Korean fisheries patrol boat seen off Yeonpyeong Island on Thursday, near North Korean waters. South Korean officials say a fisheries inspector working on the boat disappeared Monday and was killed by North Korean troops.A South Korean fisheries patrol boat seen off Yeonpyeong Island on Thursday, near North Korean waters. South Korean officials say a fisheries inspector working on the boat disappeared Monday and was killed by North Korean troops.
The move is likely to aggravate inter-Korean tensions, which have flared again, after a brief interlude of summit diplomacy in 2018 and 2019.the killing a"shocking incident that cannot be tolerated for any reason." A statement from the south's Defense Ministry decried the"brutal act," and urged Pyongyang"to provide an explanation and punish those responsible."a resolution condemning the killing.
It is believed to be the first time North Korean forces have shot and killed a South Korean since 2008, when a South KoreanSouth Korea notified U.S. authorities, and tried to contact North Korea via channels between theand Pyongyang on Wednesday, but did not get a response as of Thursday evening local time.
South Korean media report the 47-year-old man, whose name has not been released, was working on a patrol boat keeping South Korean fishers from straying across the border and watching for illegal fishing in waters near the de facto maritime border between the two Koreas in the Yellow Sea, known as the
The official's colleagues reported him missing to the South Korean Coast Guard Monday. His shoes, wallet and notebook were found aboard the patrol boat, but his phone was missing.They say the man was found floating in North Korean waters the next day, wearing a life vest. They add that circumstantial evidence suggests he was attempting to defect to North Korea. But the man's brother
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