Appeals court upholds acquittals of former officials accused of cover-up in 2020 NK border murder case

An appellate court on Tuesday upheld acquittals of a former senior presidential official and a former Coast Guard chief over an alleged cover-up of the 2020 murder of a South Korean fisheries official by North Korea.

The Seoul High Court found former National Security Adviser Suh Hoon and former Coast Guard Commissioner General Kim Hong-hee not guilty on charges of drafting false public documents in connection with the alleged cover-up.

In September 2020, the fisheries official, Lee Dae-jun, was ...