North Korea Refuses to Claim Body of Dead Citizen Held by the South
The body of Ko Song Chol was found on a South Korean island less than 6 miles from the two countries' maritime border. Ko, 36, was from a North Korean county about 25 miles inland, according to his identification papers. South Korean officials didn't say how he died.
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