South Korea concludes slain fisheries official tried to defect to North

South Korea's coast guard said Tuesday it has concluded that a South Korean fisheries official who was shot to death at sea last week by North Korean troops likely tried to defect to North Korea."The investigation team of the Coast Guard has judged that the missing official tried to defect to the North given the fact that he was wearing a life jacket when he was found by the North," the Korea Coast Guard said in a statement.It said its conclusion was based on information from the military, analysis of the possible direction that the man drifted at sea on a floating object, and other circums…READ FULL ARTICLE