South Korea may end tours to North Korea (AAP)

South Korea says it may stop all tours to North Korea unless safety is guaranteed, after a female visitor to the communist state was shot dead by a soldier last week. Seoul has already halted visits to Mount Kumgang resort after the July 11 killing of a woman who strayed into an apparently poorly marked restricted military zone. A National Security Council meeting chaired by President Lee Myung-Bak decided that a second tour to Kaesong city may also be halted unless it is certain that tourists will be safe. "It was agreed that comprehensive checks should be performed on Hyundai Asan's insufficient safety measures, and if problems are found... all aspects of the tours to Kaesong must be put under review," presidential spokesman Lee Dong-Kwan told journalists. Hyundai Asan built the Kumgang resort on the communist state's east... [read full story]