March 29, 2024
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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

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.

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