ROK prosecutors raid presidential archive over North Korea’s killing of official



News ROK prosecutors raid presidential archive over North Korea’s killing of official Brother of victim says he hopes search and seizure will turn up information on Moon administration’s response Ifang Bremer \| Jeongmin Kim September 1, 2022 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON A view of Yellow Sea off the western coast of the Korean Peninsula, was seen from Yeonpyeong Island \| Image: NK News (June 2020) South Korean prosecutors raided the Presidential Archives on Thursday morning in connection with an investigation into how the previous administration responded to North Korea’s killing of an ROK official in DPRK waters off the west coast. South Korea’s Supreme Prosecutors’ Office told NK News that its Seoul district office executed a search warrant on the archives in Sejong and seized evidence related to the Sept. 2020 incident. The operation was the second raid of the archives in the past month, after prosecutors seized evidence on Aug. 19as part of a separate investigation into the Moon administration’s decision-making with © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. Get the Daily Update & Podcast Updates Start your day with the North Korea stories that matter most – as selected by Trending

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ROK prosecutors raid presidential archive over North Korea’s killing of official

Brother of victim says he hopes search and seizure will turn up information on Moon administration’s response

Ifang Bremer | Jeongmin Kim September 1, 2022

ROK prosecutors raid presidential archive over North Korea’s killing of official

A view of Yellow Sea off the western coast of the Korean Peninsula, was seen from Yeonpyeong Island | Image: NK News (June 2020)

South Korean prosecutors raided the Presidential Archives on Thursday morning in connection with an investigation into how the previous administration responded to North Korea’s killing of an ROK official in DPRK waters off the west coast.

South Korea’s Supreme Prosecutors’ Office told NK News that its Seoul district office executed a search warrant on the archives in Sejong and seized evidence related to the Sept. 2020 incident.

The operation was the second raid of the archives in the past month, after prosecutors seized evidence on Aug. 19as part of a separate investigation into the Moon administration’s decision-making with

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Jeongmin Kim is Executive Director at Korea Risk Group, based in Seoul. She covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency’s Seoul bureau.

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