Presumed North Korean man carrying drugs found dead near border, Seoul says

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Presumed North Korean man carrying drugs found dead near border, Seoul says

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Jeongmin Kim May 30, 2023

Presumed North Korean man carrying drugs found dead near border, Seoul says

An area near the inter-Korean maritime border on April 28, 2022 | Image: NK News

ROK authorities found a presumed North Korean man carrying drugs dead near the inter-Korean border earlier this month, NK News has confirmed.

The National Intelligence Service (NIS) told NK News on Tuesday that the South Korean military discovered the body along the coast of Ganghwa Island in the Yellow Sea on May 19, and that “suspicious objects presumed to be drugs” were found among his belongings.

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Jeongmin Kim

Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim 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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