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Blue House said it strongly condemned the North Korean military for shooting and killing the Korean people and damaging the body.

At the same time, he asked North Korea to find out the truth, punish the person in charge, and prevent recurrence.



This is reporter Kim Jung-yoon.



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Blue House, the Secretary General of the National Security Council, presented a strong position to North Korea.



"It cannot be justified for any reason that the North Korean military shoots and kills the Korean people who are not armed and have no intention of resisting, and damage the body."



[Seo Ju-Seok/Secretary General of the National Security Council: The North Korean military's actions are contrary to international norms and humanitarianism, and the Korean government strongly condemns them.]



At the same time, he demanded North Korea to investigate the truth and punish the person in charge.



[Seo Joo-seok / Secretary General of the National Security Council: North Korea must take full responsibility for this incident, clearly state the truth, and severely punish the person in charge.]



In addition, the case is defined as'anti-human behavior' and North Korea's conduct They also called for an apology and clear action to prevent recurrence.



The Blue House said it had reported the first written report to President Moon Jae-in at 6:36 pm on the evening of the 22nd, the day after the disappearance, that North Korea had found a missing person on our side at sea.



After that, North Korea obtained information that the body was damaged after killing a missing person who announced its intention to visit North Korea, and yesterday (23rd) from 1 am to 2:30 am They said they had held a meeting of ministers in the middle of the affairs and reported the results face-to-face to President Moon at 8:30 yesterday morning.



Regarding the opposition's point of delaying the official announcement due to President Moon's speech at the UN General Assembly yesterday dawn, the Blue House said, "The speech at the UN General Assembly was recorded on the 15th and sent to the UN on the 18th." Don't do it."