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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKim Jong-un has apologised for killing of South Korean official, South says, in highly unusual move
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Tweet text: Kim Jong-un has apologised for killing of South Korean official, South says, in highly unusual move for North Korea
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54291550
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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Kim Jong-un has apologised for killing of South Korean official, South says, in highly unusual move (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Sep 2020
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gordianot
(15,251 posts)1. That is one more apology than Trump has ever even considered.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)2. Meanwhile, Otto Warmbier's family continues to mourn their loss
And President Trump couldn't be less bothered by Warmbier's death.
soryang
(3,299 posts)3. Reminds me of the shooting of a South Korean tourist at Diamond Mountain resort 2008
"In July 2008, Park Wang-ja, a 53-year-old South Korean tourist, was shot twice and killed when she entered a military area, according to the North Korean government."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kumgang_Tourist_Region
Sanity Claws
(21,863 posts)4. But isn't he dead?
Or at least incapacitated?
Sounds like someone is offering the apology for Kim who is in no position (like dead) to rebuke him.
Yavin4
(35,453 posts)5. Oh. My bad.
WTF?
bigtree
(86,014 posts)6. 'sorry I had him set afire'
...no apology suits that crime.