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North Korea insisted that the South is primarily responsible for the murder of civilians in the West Sea.

We virtually rejected the joint investigation we asked for and urged the murder case to no longer be a problem.



Ahn Jung-sik is a reporter specializing in North Korea.



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murder of civilians in the West Sea was caused by the South's failure to manage and control the residents, so the South has a priority. North Korea has placed responsibility for this incident on us.



The request for a joint investigation was virtually rejected, adhering to the previous claim that it was a self-defense measure against illegal intruders, and continued denying that the truth was revealed by the South Korean military about the damage to the body.



He criticized the domestic conservatives for making North Korea's anti-human behavior a problem, and warned that slander and slander could cause greater anger, saying that it is shaking the limits of goodwill and goodwill.



North Korea also left room for improvement in inter-Korean relations.



He said he regretted not being able to find the body, and hoped that the precedent in which inter-Korean relations were catastrophic due to an accident will not be repeated.



He urged once again to end the murder case at this point while simultaneously sending out a message of pressure and appeasement.



The government has put forward a principled position that it is necessary to investigate the truth.



[Cho Hye-sil/Ministry of Unification Deputy Spokesperson: I hope that efforts to find out and resolve the facts of North Korea will be made as soon as possible.

To this end, we urge the priority connection of military communication lines for inter-Korean communication.



The reason that North Korea, which had consistently ignored the murder case, issued a message to South Korea again seems to be the need to reorganize inter-Korean relations in preparation for the outcome of the US presidential election.



This is because a South Korean card is needed to prepare for new US-North Korea relations with the possibility of winning Biden's election.



It is noteworthy what response the government will do to North Korea, which urges the closing of the case with the possibility of improving inter-Korean relations.



(Video coverage: Jeong Seong-hwa, video editing: Kim Seon-tak)