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Seoul: North Korea kills SKorean official, burns his body

by Associated Press
| September 24, 2020 1:06 AM

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea said Thursday North Korean troops fatally shot a South Korean government official who may have attempted to defect and set his body on fire, after they found him on a floating object near the disputed sea boundary.

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