In an unprecedented step late Friday, South Korea suggested a joint investigation with North Korea into the mysterious death of a South Korean official, hours after a rare apology from Kim Jong Un. As public and political outrage grew in the South, the country’s presidential office said in a statement that there were discrepancies in accounts of the incident and called for further inquiries. The government has said he may have been trying to defect to the North but his family have denied this.
In an unprecedented step late Friday, South Korea suggested a joint investigation with North Korea into the mysterious death of a South Korean official, hours after a rare apology from Kim Jong Un. As public and political outrage grew in the South, the country’s presidential office said in a statement that there were discrepancies in accounts of the incident and called for further inquiries. The government has said he may have been trying to defect to the North but his family have denied this.