Peninsula tensions: North Korea urges South Navy to keep off its waters in missing officer probe

North Korea said it was searching for the body a South Korean man killed by its troops, but warned that South Korean naval operations in the area threatened to raise tensions. North Korea’s KCNA state news agency reported on Sunday September 27th, that Pyongyang was considering ways to hand over the official if he were found dead or alive. However, it warned South Korea against mobilizing its naval forces under the pretext of launching a search operation, saying such moves in northern waters threatened to raise tensions between the two countries. “We urge the south side to immediately halt the intrusion across the military…