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A South Korean woman has been shot dead by a North Korean soldier while visiting a resort in the North Korean mountains, reports say. A South Korean woman has been shot dead by a North Korean soldier in a special tourism zone in the mountains of North Korean, officials from the North say.
The shooting took place at the Kumgang resort on the east coast. The 53-year-old is said to have strayed into a restricted area in the Mount Kumgang resort on the east coast.
South Korea's unification minister said tours to the resort would now be suspended pending an investigation. A South Korean official said trips would be suspended pending an inquiry.
Kumgang resort is run by an affiliate of South Korea's Hyundai Group and has attracted more than one million South Korean visitors since 1998. The resort has attracted more than one million South Korean visitors since 1998, and correspondents say this is the first incident of its kind.
The circumstances surrounding the shooting of the woman, said to be in her 50s, are not yet clear. The tours are managed by South Korea's Hyundai group.
Unification Minister Kim Ho-nyeon said the woman had been shot after entering a fenced-off military area. Heavily policed
According to North Korean officials, the woman had strayed into a restricted area in the early hours of Friday morning, failed to heed a warning, and was shot dead.
Her body has been returned to South Korea, where it is undergoing forensic examination.
South Korea's Unification Minister, Kim Ho-nyeon, who handles cross-border relations, said the woman had been shot after entering a fenced-off military area.
He said a major investigation was under way.He said a major investigation was under way.
The Kumgang mountain resort offers South Koreans hotels, stores, a golf course and a spa. But it is also situated in a strategic naval zone and has a heavy military presence. The Mount Kumgang resort offers South Koreans hotels, stores, a golf course and a spa - but it is also situated in a strategic naval zone.
It is one of two North Korean tourist programmes run by the company. The BBC's John Sudworth in Seoul says access to the special tourism zone is tightly controlled, and its border heavily policed.
Our correspondent says the resort - one of two North Korean tourist programmes - is one of the most visible symbols of the efforts by the two Koreas to engage in closer economic co-operation over the past decade.
The ventures have earned North Korea hundreds of millions of dollars in badly needed foreign currency.
The killing has overshadowed an earlier announcement by the South Korean President, Lee Myung-bak, that he wanted to re-open the stalled dialogue with North Korea.
In a shift from his previously tough stance, Mr Lee also offered to resume food aid to the North.