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Kim Jong-un apologizes for 'unsavoury' shooting case
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IANS | 26 Sep, 2020
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has offered an apology for the
"unsavoury" killing of a South Korean official, the presidential palace
in Seoul said on Friday.
In a formal notice sent to the South,
the North conveyed Kim's message that he feels "very sorry" for greatly
"disappointing" President Moon Jae-in and other South Koreans with the
occurrence of the "unsavoury" case in its waters, instead of helping
them amid their suffering from the coronavirus, Yonhap News Agency
quoted Suh Hoon, director of national security at the presidential
palace, as saying.
The North said the "unidentified" man, who
crossed the western sea border without authorization, did not respond
sincerely to its verbal security checks aboard a floating material about
80 metres away.
The North's troops shot two blanks, and he was seen as attempting to flee.
They
then fired more than 10 gunshots at the distance of 40-50 meters under
the related rules of engagement for maritime border security, according
to the North's account.
While the North said that they did not
find the official's body, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said that
the North had set it on fire.
According to the Yonhap report, it is very unusual for a North Korean leader to apologize formally to South Korea.
The North has not yet formally apologized for the killing of a South Korean tourist to Mount Kumgang by its soldier in 2008.
It instead expressed its "regret" in a statement issued by a state tourism agency.
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