North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un Issues A Rare Apology To South Korea For The Killing Of A South Korean Official

BBC: Kim Jong-un apologises for killing of South Korean official - South

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has issued a rare personal apology for the killing of a South Korean official, Seoul says.

Mr Kim reportedly told South Korean leader Moon Jae-in that the "disgraceful affair" should not have happened.

South Korea has said the 47-year-old man was found by troops floating in the North's waters.

He was then shot dead and his body was set alight, according to Seoul.

It is not known what the man was doing there. The South Korean government has said he may have been trying to defect to the North but his family has denied this.

The killing - the first of a South Korean citizen by North Korean forces for a decade - has caused outrage in the South.

The border between the Koreas is tightly policed, and the North is thought to have a "shoot-to-kill" policy in place to prevent coronavirus from entering the country.

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Update #1: Kim Jong Un apologizes in letter to Seoul for shooting of South Korean official (CNN)
Update #2: Kim Jong-un says sorry: Rare apology after South Korean is shot dead at sea and his body 'burned by the North's troops' as he tried to defect to the communist state (Daily Mail)

WNU Editor: I did not expect this "apology" from Kim Jong-un. This tells me that the North Korean leader does not want to close all of his doors with South Korea.

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