North Korean Soldier Crosses DMZ, Defects To South
The escape of what South Korea's news agency describes as a "low-ranking" North Korean soldier is the second such defection in just over a month.
by Scott Neuman
Dec 21, 2017
2 minutes
Another North Korean soldier has crossed the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone that separates North and South in a dramatic escape, the second such defection in just over a month, South Korea's Defense Ministry says.
NPR's Rob Schmitz, citing a Defense Ministry official, says the
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