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According to Yonhap on September 23, a 47-year-old official from the Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries disappeared at noon on September 21 while in a patrol boat in the area away from the Northern Limit Line (NLL), the maritime boundary between South Korea and Korea. Hada, about 10 km.
Colleagues then reported to the Coast Guard and about 20 ships and aircraft participated in the search. The search team only found the shoes of the missing officer.
On September 23, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries citing military intelligence said the official was found in North Korean waters at the end of September 22. The status of this man is unknown, but Yonhap quotes the military source as saying that the official is likely alive and that the military has left open all possibilities as to how the man got to the north.
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The climate in the area is considered favorable and many other boats patrol at the same time as this is the peak of the crab fishing season.
The South Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced that it would investigate the cause of the disappearance and verify the information related to the North.
Inter-Korean military communications were cut off in June after North Korea criticized the distribution of anti-Pyongyang leaflets in South Korea. However, the US-led United Nations Command in South Korea has a direct line to the North Korean military and is used to communicate twice a day.
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