President Rodrigo Duterte has asked his chief legal counsel, Salvador Panelo, to go to South Korea to extend his personal apology for the death of South Korean businessman Jee Ick Joo.

Speaking before military officials on Tuesday, Duterte said he asked Panelo to go to Seoul and offer a "good apology."

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