Seoul urges N. Korea to retrieve body found off western coast

South Korea has called on North Korea to retrieve a body found last month near Ganghwa-do Island.

An ID identified the man as Ko Song-chol, a North Korean farm worker with an address in Hwanghaebuk-do Province.

With inter-Korean hotlines severed, Seoul is resorting to the media to return the body via Panmunjom on August 5th.

The Unification Ministry says it's acting on humanitarian grounds.

Pyongyang has yet to respond.