North Korean soldiers shoot dead a suspected South Korean defector at sea and burn his body as a coronavirus precaution
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un sits in his vehicle after arriving at a railway station in Dong Dang, Vietnam, at the border with China, February 26, 2019.
The man was wearing a lifejacket and his shoes had been found on board the South Korean boat, the official said – indicators pointing to him entering the water voluntarily. Pyongyang closed its border with China in January to try to prevent contamination, and in July state media said it had raised its state of emergency to the maximum level.
This week's shooting is the first time in 10 years that North Korean forces have killed a Southerner.
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