SEOUL, Sept 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un apologised over the killing of a South Korean in its waters, Seoul’s presidential office said Friday according to the Yonhap news agency.
Kim called the incident a “disgraceful affair” and apologised “for disappointing President Moon and South Koreans”, it cited the Blue House as saying.
North Korean forces shot dead a South Korean fisheries official who disappeared off a patrol vessel and ended up in Pyongyang’s waters, Seoul’s defence ministry said Thursday, calling it an “outrageous act”.
The 47-year-old man had been on board a vessel near the western border
island of Yeonpyeong, the ministry said in a statement.
After analysing intelligence, the South Korean military had “confirmed
that the North fired at a South Korean national found in the northern seas
and cremated his body”, it said.
“We sternly warn North Korea that all responsibilities for this incident
lie with it,” it added. — NNN-AGENCIES
