He cited intelligence showing North Korea knew the man’s name, age, height and hometown as an evidence of his communication with the North. NORTH KOREA ACCUSES SOUTH OF CROSSING DISPUTED BOUNDARY TO FIND DEAD OFFICIAL“The government is hastily framing my brother with a North Korea defection,” Lee said. A South Korean defecting to North Korea is highly unusual, though more than 33,000 North Koreans have fled to South Korea for political and economic reasons in the past 20 years. South Korea has accused North Korea of having fatally shot him and burning his body. North Korea acknowledged that its troops killed him because he refused to answer to questions and attempted to flee.

Source: Fox News September 29, 2020 08:48 UTC