Man crossing DMZ from South said to be defector from N. Korea


SEOUL: A man observed crossing the heavily fortified border from South Korea into North Korea last week is believed to be a North Korean who previously defected to the South in 2020 in the same area, Seoul’s defence ministry said.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) yesterday said it carried out a search operation after detecting the person on Saturday on the eastern side of the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas.

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