Ex-top officials acquitted over alleged cover-up of killing
Lee Rae-jin, the elder brother of a South Korean fisheries official shot to death by North Korean soldiers while drifting in waters in the Yellow Sea in September 2020, speaks to reporters at the Seoul Central District Court in the capital on Dec. 26, 2025, after the court acquitted former National Intelligence Service head Park Jie-won and other former top security officials from former President Moon Jae-in's administration on charges of involvement in an alleged cover-up of the murder. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)
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