SOUTH KOREAN DIPLOMAT MURDERED IN VLADIVOSTOK.

On the evening of October 1 an official from the South Korean consulate was murdered by unknown assailants outside his apartment in Vladivostok, Russia’s foreign ministry announced yesterday. The 54-year-old South Korean diplomat had been in charge of North Korean affairs, and the death prompted some media speculation of a possible North Korean link. (AP, Itar-Tass, October 2)

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