The Blue House strongly condemned North Korea for killing a fishery instructor in Yeonpyeong Island by shooting and damaging the body, and demanded the investigation of the truth and punishment of the person in charge.



NSC Secretary General Seo Joo-seok said, "It cannot be justified for any reason that the North Korean military shoots and damages the body of a Korean citizen who has no armament and has no intention of resistance." As a result, our government strongly condemns this.”



“North Korea should take full responsibility for this incident and clarify the truth, while severely punishing the person in charge,” he said. “It should apologize for the anti-human behavior and take clear measures to prevent this recurrence "He emphasized.



He added, "We affirm that we will firmly respond to North Korea's actions that threaten the lives and safety of our people in the future."



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