Appeals court confirms ex-officials' acquittal over border killing

Lee Rae-jin, the elder brother of a South Korean fisheries official shot to death by North Korean soldiers while drifting in waters in the Yellow Sea in September 2020, speaks to reporters at the Seoul High Court in the capital on June 16, 2026, after the appeals court upheld a lower court's acquittal of former National Security Adviser Suh Hoon and former Coast Guard Commissioner General Kim Hong-hee over their involvement in the allegedly manipulated conclusion that the official was killed while attempting to defect to the North. (Yonhap)

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