South Korean Fishery Official Shot and Body Burned By North Korea

Just think the Korean left will probably still advocate for opening the Kumgang Resort in North Korea even after this latest travesty:

Ahn Young-ho, chief directorate of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reads a statement in Seoul on Sept. 24, 2020, on North Korea’s killing of a South Korean citizen. (Yonhap)

 North Korea shot and killed a South Korean official drifting at sea before dousing his body with oil and setting it on fire, the defense ministry said Thursday, prompting the country to erupt in outrage and casting a pall over the already frayed inter-Korean ties.

The 47-year-old official affiliated with the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries disappeared from the 499-ton boat before noon Monday while on duty aboard an inspection boat in waters off the western border island of Yeonpyeong.

“North Korea found the man in its waters and committed an act of brutality by shooting at him and burning his body, according to our military’s thorough analysis of diverse intelligence,” the defense ministry said in a statement.

Yonhap

You can read more at the link, but one theory is that the fisheries official was trying to defect and the North Koreans shot and killed him then burned the body to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

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setnaffa
setnaffa
4 years ago

That’s pretty much what one expects of the paranoid northern regime; but still sad for the dead guy’s family… regardless of the other circumstances…

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