South Korea's military said on Thursday that the North's soldiers killed the man, doused his body in fuel and set it on fire near the sea border. But the North Korean government said in a message on Friday that its soldiers shot the "illegal intruder" and denied burning his body. In the message, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was quoted as offering an apology for disappointing his counterpart Moon Jae-in and the South Korean people. The government official was reported missing while on duty on a fisheries boat near the island of Yeonpyeongdo close to South Korea's sea border. South Korea's military said the man was apparently attempting to defect to the North, but his brother refuted the claims, saying that he must have had an accident.

Source: bd News24 September 26, 2020 03:22 UTC