Executive of Daewoo Engineering & Construction Found Dead in Iraq... Ministry of Foreign Affairs Requests "Swift and Fair Investigation"

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has requested the Iraqi government to conduct a swift and fair investigation into the case of a high-ranking Korean executive of Daewoo Construction, who was found dead while overseeing the construction of a new port in Basra Province, southern Iraq.

On the 12th, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs official stated regarding the incident, "The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Iraq has requested the Iraqi authorities to conduct a prompt and impartial investigation," adding, "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs plans to actively provide consular assistance together with the embassy, including facilitating the bereaved family's prompt visit to Iraq and the repatriation of the deceased."

The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Iraq has dispatched a consul to the scene of the incident. Daewoo Construction is also reportedly investigating the facts.

According to AP News and others on the 10th (local time), a high-ranking Daewoo Construction executive responsible for the construction of the new port in Al-Faw, Basra Province, southern Iraq, was found dead on the morning of the 9th within a business complex in the Basra area. Iraqi authorities, based on initial investigations, presumed the executive had taken his own life, but local Iraqi political circles have raised differing opinions regarding the circumstances of the death.

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