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| South Korean troops kill man trying to swim to North | South Korean troops kill man trying to swim to North |
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| South Korean troops have shot dead a man who attempted to enter North Korea by floating across a river that runs near the heavily militarised border, according to an official in Seoul. | South Korean troops have shot dead a man who attempted to enter North Korea by floating across a river that runs near the heavily militarised border, according to an official in Seoul. |
| It was not clear whether the man was South Korean as the military is still trying to recover the body and investigating the incident, the official said on condition of anonymity. | It was not clear whether the man was South Korean as the military is still trying to recover the body and investigating the incident, the official said on condition of anonymity. |
| South Korea's Yonhap news agency said South Korean guards had called out to the man to return but he had ignored their instructions, jumped into the Imjin river and clung to a buoy to try to float across. | South Korea's Yonhap news agency said South Korean guards had called out to the man to return but he had ignored their instructions, jumped into the Imjin river and clung to a buoy to try to float across. |
| Yonhap quoted a military official as saying the shooting was justified as the identity of the man was unknown and he could have been a North Korean soldier. | Yonhap quoted a military official as saying the shooting was justified as the identity of the man was unknown and he could have been a North Korean soldier. |
| South and North Korea remain technically at war as the 1950-53 conflict ended only with an armistice and it is illegal to cross the border to the North without permission. | South and North Korea remain technically at war as the 1950-53 conflict ended only with an armistice and it is illegal to cross the border to the North without permission. |
| Instances of trying to cross the frontier in such a fashion in broad daylight are extremely rare. South Koreans wishing to travel to the North, which has been accused by western countries and defectors of systematic human rights violations, generally make their way through China. | Instances of trying to cross the frontier in such a fashion in broad daylight are extremely rare. South Koreans wishing to travel to the North, which has been accused by western countries and defectors of systematic human rights violations, generally make their way through China. |
| Tens of thousands of North Koreans are believed to be in China and trying to come to the South and about 25,000 are thought to have made it to South Korea. | Tens of thousands of North Koreans are believed to be in China and trying to come to the South and about 25,000 are thought to have made it to South Korea. |
| The shooting came amid a thaw in ties between North and South, with the reopening on Monday of the jointly run Kaesong industrial zone just over the border in North Korea. | The shooting came amid a thaw in ties between North and South, with the reopening on Monday of the jointly run Kaesong industrial zone just over the border in North Korea. |
| The complex was shut last April by North Korea as it issued daily threats to attack the South and its US ally. | The complex was shut last April by North Korea as it issued daily threats to attack the South and its US ally. |
| The two sides also plan further discussions to improve the operations of the factory park and to hold reunions later this month of families separated during the Korean war. | The two sides also plan further discussions to improve the operations of the factory park and to hold reunions later this month of families separated during the Korean war. |
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