South Korean 'shot dead in North Korea'

A South Korean woman has been shot dead by a soldier while visiting a resort in North Korea.

A South Korean woman has been shot dead by a soldier while visiting a resort in North Korea.

South Korea has suspended tours to the resort and started a probe into the killing, Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Ho Nyoun told reporters in Seoul.

The 53-year-old woman, identified only by her family name of Park, was shot in the chest and leg near a beach in the area of the resort that is run by South Korean company Hyundai Asan Corp, Mr Kim said.

She was shot when she entered a North Korean military zone while taking a walk at about 5am, he added. The woman's body was returned to South Korea today, he said.

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