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Pyongyang executed missing South Korean official, Seoul says

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Seoul, Sep 24 (EFE).- North Korea shot and burned the body of a South Korean official who disappeared this week from a boat near the maritime border between the two countries, Seoul’s defense ministry said Thursday.The 47-year-old official affiliated with the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, identified only as “A,” went missing on Monday from a 500-ton boat patrolling about 10 kilometers south of the tense and disputed Northern Limit Line (NLL) de-facto border.(Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN)SHOT LIST: PEOPLE WATCH NEWS OF THE SOUTH KOREAN OFFICIAL SHOT AND BURNED BY NORTH KOREA IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.

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