6 days ago
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
North Korea Refuses to Claim Body of Dead Citizen Held by the South
SEOUL—Attempts by the new government of South Korea to improve relations with its neighbor hit a snag Tuesday, after Pyongyang failed to respond to a deadline to claim the body of a North Korean farmworker.
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.
