This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the Central Telegraph Agency of Korea (CTAC).

“We will be organizing a search operation soon.

We even consider the procedures and ways of transferring any body brought by the tide to the south side as standard in case we find it during the operation, ”the North Korean authorities said.

It is clarified that the DPRK called on South Korea not to enter the territorial waters of the DPRK and immediately stop the operation to find the body of the murdered, otherwise it could lead to an increase in tensions between the two countries.

Earlier it was reported that an official from South Korea disappeared from an inspection boat near the water area of ​​North Korea and, as it turned out, was later shot by the DPRK military.