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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Hyonhee Shin

Reports shed new light on last hours of S.Korean slain by North in 2020

Lee Rae-jin, the older brother of a South Korean fisheries official who was fatally shot and burned at sea by North Korean soldiers in 2020, points out where he believed his brother was killed, in a marine chart showing Northern Limit Line (NLL) during an interview with Reuters in Ansan, South Korea, August 8, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

An investigation by the government of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is raising fresh questions about the death of a South Korean official in 2020, which the previous administration wrote off as a failed defection attempt.

Documents reviewed by Reuters from a parliamentary inquiry, the coast guard and a human rights watchdog provide previously unpublished details about the final moments of Lee Dae-jin, a state fishery ministry employee who died at sea at the hands of North Korean troops.

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