SEOUL, Jan 2 — A South Korean has crossed the heavily fortified border in a rare defection to North Korea, South Korea’s military said today.
“We’ve confirmed that the person crossed the Military Demarcation Line border about 10:40 p.m. and defected to the North,” the JCS said. The border crossing, which is illegal in South Korea, came as North Korea carries out strict anti-coronavirus measures since shutting borders in early 2020, though it has not confirmed any infections.a South Korean fisheries official who went missing at sea in September 2020, for which Pyongyang blamed anti-virus rules and apologised.sealed off a border town
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