North Korean Troops Fatally Shoot South Korean Man Believed Attempting To Defect
NPRNorth Korean Troops Fatally Shoot South Korean Man Believed Attempting To Defect Enlarge this image toggle caption Choi Jin-suk/Newsis via AP Choi Jin-suk/Newsis via AP Updated at 8:45 a.m. 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 Northern Limit Line. Sponsor Message Tuesday evening, hours after his discovery, North Korean troops wearing gas masks arrived and shot the official to death, then poured oil on his body and burned it, South Korean media report. After three inter-Korean summits between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in in 2018 and 2019, ties have frayed, as Kim became disillusioned with the prospects for a nuclear disarmament deal with the U.S. and President Trump, and with Seoul's ability to broker an advantageous deal.
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