Hijacking in China

It was resolved peacefully, but the bidding has probably begun for the hijacker’s organs (and you thought that was just an urban legend?). Behind the usual ChiCom statement that he had a history of mental illness, one can’t help wonder who but a North Korean would want to hijack a flight to South Korea.

Stay tuned.

UPDATE: The Chosun quotes Chinese officials who identify the hijacker; his name sounds Chinese. While it’s always possible the China forces ethnic Koreans to “sinify” their names, or that the Chinese are simply lying to keep the issue out of the papers, the most likely scenario seems to be the “lone whackjob” theory.