South Koreans vacate resort in North after shooting

SEOUL-Hundreds of South Korean tourists vacated a mountain resort in the North on Saturday, a day after a North Korean soldier shot and killed a 53-year-old woman vacationer who wandered into a military zone in the area.The incident comes after ties between the states, technically still at war, chilled in recent months and as South Korea's new president, who has advocated taking a tough line with Pyongyang, repeated calls for dialogue."It is incomprehensible to shoot and kill a civilian tourist incapable of resistance during a time when it's possible to make out (objects) with his naked eyes," President Lee was quoted as saying in an emergency ministerial meeting."Swift action should be taken to investigate the incident, and follow-up measures should also be drawn up," he said, calling for the North to cooperate in the investigation.A North Korean spokesman put the blame on the South and demanded an apology for what it called an incident of trespassing in a restricted military area."The South side should be held responsible for the incident, make clear apology to the North side and take measures against the recurrence of (a) similar incident," the North's official KCNA news agency quoted the spokesman as saying.After the shooting on Friday, South Korea suspended tourism to the Mount Kumgang resort, located a few kilometers north of the heavily fortified border on the east coast.The South Korean affiliate of the Hyundai Group that runs the resort has been shuttling tourists back to the South since Friday.
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