The United Nations Command (UNC) has decided not to publicly share the result of its investigation into North Korea’s artillery provocation to South in August.

However, a progressive South Korean newspaper and an opposition lawmaker criticized the UNC’s decision, demanding that the information be disclosed to public.

“UNC special investigator team’s inquiry into this case is finished and both South Korea and U.S. have agreed not to make the result public,” Kim Min-seok, spokesperson for Ministry of National Defense (MND), said during a Monday briefing.

South Korean opposition party lawmaker Kim Kwang-jin arguedthat the findings from the UNC’s investigation must