North Korean forces shot dead a Southern fisheries official who disappeared off a patrol vessel and ended up in Pyongyang's waters, Seoul's defence ministry said Thursday, calling it an "outrageous act". The 47-year-old man had been on board a vessel near the western border island of Yeonpyeong, the ministry said in a statement, and after analysing intelligence, the South Korean military had "confirmed that the North fired at a South Korean national found in the northern seas and cremated his body". kjk/slb/jah