South Korea says missing official was shot dead by N. Korean troops

SEOUL - South Korea said Thursday that North Korean soldiers shot dead a South Korean government employee who had gone missing in waters near the inter-Korean border earlier in the week, condemning the alleged act as a brutal killing.Separately, a military official said that it seems North Korean troops were questioning the government employee before an alleged order came down for him to be shot.This is the first known killing of a South Korean national by the North since Moon Jae In became president in 2017 and is likely to heighten tensions between the Koreas.Moon called the execution-li…READ FULL ARTICLE