North Korea shot and burned body of missing South Korean official: Seoul

Seoul, on September 24, said that rth Korean troops shot and later burned body of a missing South Korean official, who disappeared off a government ship near rival’s disputed sea boundary. South Korean military deunced Pyongyang for ‘atrocious act’ and urged it to punish person responsible. Seoul’s statement comes after y found missing official on a floating object in waters near south of boundary. 

According to AP, South Korea informed that man disappeared from a government ship that was checking on potential unauthorised fishing in an area south of boundary on Monday, a day before he was found in rth Korean waters. Lt. Gen. Ahn Young-ho, a top official with South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that official, who worked with Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, went missing in waters 1.9 kilometres south of Yeonpyeong island on September 21. 

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South Korea’s Defence Ministry said that Pyongyang sent officials wearing gas masks aboard a boat near man to learn why he was re. Later same day, a rth Korean navy boat came and opened fire at him. While citing intelligence gared by surveillance equipment and or assets, ministry ded that sailors from boat n poured gasoline on his body and set it aflame. 

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While details, including how 47-year-old South Korean official ended up in water and why rth Korean troops shot him, remains unclear, it is, however, still believed that y might have been acting under anti-coronavirus orders that involve shooting anyone illegally crossing border. Very little is kwn about South Korean official, although when his colleague searched for him after his disappearance and found his shoes left on ship. According to defence and oceans ministries, days of a search involving aircraft and vessels came up empty-handed. 

recent incident is expected to deepen alrey-strained relations between Seoul and Pyongyang. tensions between two nations have been rising ever since Pyongyang first closed and n blew up a joint liaison office in Kaesong. rival countries have suspended exchange and cooperation programme amid a delock in border nuclear diplomacy between rth Korea and Washington. 

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