Person spotted crossing DMZ likely previous defector from North Korea, says South | Malay Mail

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SEOUL, Jan 3 — The person observed crossing the heavily fortified border from South Korea into North Korea last week is presumed to be a North Korean who had previously defected to the South, Seoul’s defence ministry said today. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) had said it carried...

SEOUL, Jan 3 — The person observed crossing the heavily fortified border from South Korea into North Korea last week is presumed to be a North Korean who had previously defected to the South, Seoul’s defence ministry said today.

The defector is believed to be a man who used his experience as a gymnast to cross border fences and defect to the South across the DMZ in the same area in November 2020, Yonhap news agency reported, without identifying him. Defections from South to North across the DMZ are rarer still, with just a handful recorded in recent years.

 

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