Appeals court confirms ex-officials' acquittal over border killing

Former National Security Adviser Suh Hoon (L) and former Coast Guard Commissioner General Kim Hong-hee exit the Seoul High Court in the capital on June 16, 2026, after the appeals court upheld a lower court's acquittal of Suh and Kim on charges of involvement in an alleged cover-up of the 2020 murder of a South Korean fisheries official by North Korea. (Yonhap)

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