Presidential office strongly condemns North Korea for killing South Korean official

Suh Choo-suk, deputy director of the national security office, speaks during a press briefing at Cheong Wa Dae, Thursday. Yonhap

Cheong Wa Dae on Thursday strongly denounced North Korea's killing of an innocent South Korean by gunshot earlier this week.

In a statement, Suh Choo-suk, deputy director of the national security office, urged the North to reveal the entire truth behind the "inhumane act" and punish those who are responsible for it.

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Suh, who doubles as chief of the secretariat of the National Security Council (NSC), said that North Korea's shooting of the unarmed South Korean national to death and damaging his body cannot be justified for any reason. (Yonhap)