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government made an official announcement about 37 hours after Lee's death, about a day and a half past.

There is also controversy over why it took so long.



Looking at the time-of-day situation disclosed by the Blue House, information was reported to the Blue House that the North Korean soldiers destroyed the body after killing Lee at around 10:30 this Tuesday night, the day after his disappearance.

Two and a half hours later, from 1:00 am on the 23rd, an emergency ministerial meeting was held at the Blue House.

The President's speech to the UN General Assembly was held from 1:26 am to 16 minutes yesterday, just as the meeting took place.

The Blue House explained that at 8:30 yesterday morning, the president received a report of the spy.

And another day later, at 11 am, the official government announcement came out, and the Blue House explained that it took time to finally confirm the facts.



This is reporter Kim Jung-yoon.



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The power of the people raised suspicion that the Blue House intentionally delayed the announcement of the case because of President Moon Jae-in's speech at the UN General Assembly.



[Bae Hyun-jin/People's Strength Speaker: If the President delayed the disclosure of the shooting of civilians in order to announce the end of the war in a speech to the UN, the state has abandoned the minimum obligations and responsibilities to protect the people...

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Blue House countered that it raised absurd suspicions, saying that the video speech to the UN was already recorded on the 15th and sent to the UN on the 18th.



This is the reason why the official announcement was made 37 hours after the incident.



President Moon, who received his first report yesterday morning, instructed him to'find the correct facts and check it with North Korea', and then contacted North Korea and analyzed intelligence.



And yesterday at 4:35 pm, the Blue House said that a notice was also sent to North Korea through the UNC channel.



However, there was no answer from North Korea, and President Moon, who received a report of the results of a comprehensive analysis of espionage at 9 o'clock this morning, ordered the government to announce the government's position as it is, after confirming the credibility, the Blue House said.



The Blue House stressed that nothing was affected by the UN speech in the process.



However, it was decided that the presentation was unreasonable without the fact being confirmed.



The fact that it took more than 30 hours to confirm the facts of the murdered spy despite the Blue House clarification has not subsided the controversy.



(Video coverage: Joong-young and Shin Dong-hwan, Video editing: Commissioner Yang)