SEOUL (Reuters) - The missing South Korean fisheries official killed by North Korean soldiers at sea last week had expressed his willingness to defect to the soldiers, South Korea's Coast Guard said on Tuesday.
The official's death sparked controversy after his older brother refuted the government's initial claim that he might have tried to flee to the North.
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