Seoul - INorth Korea ithe ngeCawa iza kugxotha abasebenzi baseMzantsi Korea kwindawo yabakhenkethi njengoko ubudlelwane bebambi phakathi kwala mazwe mabini ngenxa yokudutyulwa kwabulawa ngumkhenkethi waseMzantsi Korea lijoni laseNorth Korea kwinyanga ephelileyo.
Umfazi oneminyaka engama-53 ubudala wangena ngengozi kwindawo engavumelekanga ukuba abantu bahambe ngexesha lokuhamba ngolwandle ekuseni kwiintaba zaseKumgang kunxweme olusempuma yeNorth Korea ngoJulayi 11. Ukubulawa kwakhe kwagwetywa ngurhulumente waseMzantsi Korea.
Isithethi somkhosi waseNyakatho Korea sithe ngeCawa "siya kubagxotha bonke abantu abakwicala elisezantsi abahlala kwindawo yabakhenkethi yaseMt Kumgang esibabona kungenasidingo."
I-Kumgang - okanye "idayimani" - iintaba ezikumakomanisi kumantla we-peninsula yaseKorea eyahlulahlulweyo yindawo ethandwayo yeeholide kubantu baseMzantsi Korea. Lo mmandla uye wafikeleleka kubantu baseMzantsi Korea kuphela ukususela ngo-1990.
Kuqikelelwa ukuba bangaphezulu kwama-260 abantu baseMzantsi Korea abasebenza kwindawo yokuchithela iiholide.
"Siza kuthatha amanyathelo aqinileyo omkhosi ngokuchasene neyona ntshukumo incinci kwindawo yokukhenketha kwindawo yaseMt Kumgang kunye nommandla ophantsi kolawulo lomkhosi ukusukela ngoku," utshilo isithethi saseNyakatho Korea.
INorth Korea isikhabile isicelo soMzantsi Korea sophando oludibeneyo malunga nokudutyulwa kwabakhenkethi.
