South Korea should provide a “concrete explanation” about the 2020 killing of a government worker in North Korean waters to the victim’s family, the U.N. special rapporteur on North Korean human rights said Wednesday
Tomás Ojea Quintana’s remarks in Seoul came amid a snowballing controversy in South Korea over the former Moon Jae-in administration’s response to the shooting of Lee Dae-jun by DPRK soldiers, in particular the ROK military’s initial claim that he had been trying to defect.
South Korea should provide a “concrete explanation” about the 2020 killing of a government worker in North Korean waters to the victim’s family, the U.N. special rapporteur on North Korean human rights said Wednesday
Tomás Ojea Quintana’s remarks in Seoul came amid a snowballing controversy in South Korea over the former Moon Jae-in administration’s response to the shooting of Lee Dae-jun by DPRK soldiers, in particular the ROK military’s initial claim that he had been trying to defect.
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