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South Korean woman shot dead by DPRK armyPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, July 12, 2008 3:15 PM
Chinese TV news coverage of the South Korean woman, apparently a tourist, who was recently shot dead by North Korean soldiers. On the newly legal Youku.com. |
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Comments on South Korean woman shot dead by DPRK army
I've been monitoring international news reports of this incident and am surprised to surmise that China's own Shanghai Daily appears to have the most comprehensive coverage; better than Reuters, AP, International Herald Tribune, and the Guardian.
Here is the link:
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Sometimes online newspaper links disappear, so I am also going to copy and paste the entire article here:
Woman on holiday shot dead in DPRK
July 12, 2008
A WOMAN tourist from the Republic of Korea, aged 53, was yesterday shot and killed at a mountain resort in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea after she wandered into a military area.
The woman left her hotel about 4:30am to walk along the beach at the resort, but crossed deep into a fenced-off military area, according to a DPRK account of the shooting given to the ROK company that operates the resort, Hyundai Asan.
A DPRK soldier spotted the woman, Park Wang-ja, about a kilometer inside the fence and told her to halt.
But Park fled and the soldier gave chase, firing one warning shot before shooting her dead about 5am, the DPRK said.
"We regret that our tourist was killed," the ROK's Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Ho-nyeon said, adding that Seoul "will take appropriate measures" pending the results of an investigation.
Park was shot twice from behind, said Cho Yong-seok, an official at the hospital in the ROK city of Sokcho where her body was taken. One bullet hit her in the chest, causing her death, and another shot struck her left hip, he said.
Kim said the ROK would suspend future Diamond Mountain tours until it completed its inquiry. About 1,200 tourists at the resort would complete their holidays as scheduled if they chose to do so, Hyundai Asan said.
The resort is in a militarized area near the border between the Koreas. On the resort road, rocket launchers dot the hillsides and the coast is home to a DPRK naval base.
The DPRK officially informed Hyundai Asan about the shooting about 11:30am.
The resort on the peninsula's eastern coast, which opened in 1998, is one of the most prominent projects between the two Koreas.
Tourists at the resort are usually only allowed to wander freely in specified areas and green fences separate the zone from the rest of the country. For hiking trips on the mountain, tour groups are taken by bus to trails lined by DPRK monitors.
Poor lady! Did she ever thought she would be killed while allegedly trying to cross the border between two Koreas?
She didn't get killed for crossing the border because she was already in North Korea as part of a tour. She was shot because she entered a restricted military zone which apparently is right next to the resort.
spell, you can surmise much better with a range of sources....
The Shanghai article does add to my understanding in that there were 2 bullets removed from the corpse. It also supports MY supposition that something here stinks....
The Guardian quotes an ear-witness who heard 2 shots 10 secs apart.
So the warning shot was a bit tooo close I guess & in an interesting break from convention no shout of "Xia" or whatever they say in Korea.
Same witness claimed to see the woman fall , 3 soldiers emerge from the hillside and go up to the body.
If true, this incident could not have occurred 1KM inside the zone otherwise the witness would also have been shot, eh?
Would be interesting to hear if this witness adds more in the Asian language press?
Love the DPRK 'explanation' that her beligerence had left them no alternative:
"even her shoes were wet" (The Guardian)
WTF!!
'tsup mup?
Allow me to support your supposition with some suppositories from the South Korean press:
Map of Geumgang resort area with 3 tacks indicating location of resort, fence, and shooting:
Korea_Times
Photo of the beach area where South Korean tourist was shot:
Chosun_Ilbo
Interview with South Korean witness Lee In-Bok
Dong-A_Ilbo
All 3 of these sources had exclusive information yesterday that did not appear in western media reports. (AFP has since published the beach photo.)
When I first replied to Danwei's CCTV video, the information reported by Shanghai Daily was also exclusive as it included information from the Sokcho hospital and more specific details about the resort's proximity to the military area. The Guardian story's information was the same as all other western media sources, so that's why I was impressed with Shanghai Daily's coverage.
I prefer to leave it at that, as Danwei is primarily concerned with Chinese media and this is a story that only involves Korea.
Here is a South Korean newspaper article with a definitive map and 2 photos of where the shooting incident took place:
The_Hankyoreh
The resort is on the map's right and the military zone is left of the fence. The bottom photo shows the little sign next to the green fence that is supposed to warn tourists.
I was there about 2 months ago... same place. also been in some trouble by ending up on military roads. now the big shock is that I might had been shot as well. however, it is very poor pointed out which roads are forbidden. I can understand she took the mistake and got scared when a gaurd came.