'피격 사망' 공무원 수색 8일째…선내 슬리퍼 유전자 감식<br /><br />Now, on to South Korea's search operations for the remains of the government official who was shot dead by North Korean troops last week.<br />According to the Korea Coast Guard on Monday, a total of 45 vessels and six aircrafts have been dispatched in the western sea to locate the man's body and his belongings.<br />While analyzing fingerprints collected from the patrol boat the official was on before his disappearance, the Korea Coast Guard is also conducting DNA tests...to determine whether a pair of shoes found on the boat belonged to the official.<br />Pyeongyang is yet to respond to Seoul's request for a joint probe into the case.<br />