+ A
A -
SEOUL: North Korea on Sunday warned the South Korean navy to stop crossing into its territorial waters as ships search for the body of a Seoul official shot dead at sea by Pyongyang’s soldiers.
State media said the North will begin its own search for the body and warned that the South’s naval operations threatened to raise tensions.
The fisheries official was shot dead by North Korean soldiers on Tuesday -- the first killing of a South Korean civilian by Pyongyang’s forces in a decade -- prompting a rare public apology from leader Kim Jong-un. Seoul’s military has accused the North Korean soldiers of pouring oil over the man’s body and burning it after shooting him. (AFP)
State media said the North will begin its own search for the body and warned that the South’s naval operations threatened to raise tensions.
The fisheries official was shot dead by North Korean soldiers on Tuesday -- the first killing of a South Korean civilian by Pyongyang’s forces in a decade -- prompting a rare public apology from leader Kim Jong-un. Seoul’s military has accused the North Korean soldiers of pouring oil over the man’s body and burning it after shooting him. (AFP)
