It is known that the South Korean military secured real-time internal reports and orders from the North Korean military, which were urgent at the time of the murder of a missing civil servant in the West Sea on the 22nd through interception.



According to officials from the National Assembly's Defense Committee and Intelligence Committee on the 29th, the military intercepted communications from North Korean soldiers from 3:30pm on the 22nd, when the missing civil servant A was found on a North Korean ship near the mountain cape in the west sea.



It is said that our military spy units possess advanced technology that can grasp up to 90% of the radio communication content of the other side if the interception area is correctly set.



The military said that Mr. A had specifically confirmed through internal communications within the North Korean military that Mr. A delivered his intention to defect to North Korea.



The military believes that the North Korean notice stating that Mr. A was only talking about'a South Korean dog' from 80 meters outside is not true, as it is believed that the dialogue took place at a fairly close range.



It is said that the North Korean military also consulted among themselves whether A was rescued.



At the time when the North Koreans tried to "tow" Mr. A on land by tying him with a rope, but found him again after two hours after being "lost" at sea, the intention to rescue seemed relatively clear.



For this reason, it is known as an explanation by the military that he waited without attempting to rescue him even while exposing the secret interception activity against North Korea.



In this regard, Defense Minister Seo Wook attended the National Defense Council on the 24th and mentioned that "I was analyzing the information without thinking that North Korea could do this kind of work."



It was beyond 9 pm that the situation quickly turned around.



When a command was given to “kill” through the North Korean naval command, the captain's suit asked again, “I'll ask again. Kill you? Really?”, and a report of “killing” at the scene at around 9:40 a.m. It is said to have gone up.



The military immediately shared the report of killing Mr. A inside the North Korean army with the Blue House, but this fact was delivered in a face-to-face report to President Moon Jae-in at around 8:30 am on the 23rd of the next day.



The authorities explained that "it took time to analyze the pieces of intelligence," but some point out that the authorities should have dealt with more agility in that keywords such as'kill' can be identified in a short time.



An official of the National Defense Agency said, "If you have confirmed the killing order and execution of the North Korean military command in real time through wiretapping, you should immediately notify the president." Insisted.



Another official said, "It seems that the leaders of the South and the North have taken an incomprehensible response because they judged it as an unforeseen death while exchanging friendships and focused more on crisis management than on life and safety of the people."



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