A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea across the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone​ on Sunday, South Korea's military said.

A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea across the rivals’ heavily fortified border on Sunday, South Korea’s military said.

The military took custody of the soldier who crossed the central portion of the land border, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. It said the soldier expressed a desire to resettle in South Korea.

It was the first reported defection by a North Korean soldier since a North Korean staff sergeant fled to South Korea via the border’s eastern section in August 2024.

  • LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    Chances are he has at least mother, father, siblings, grandparents who will spend the rest of their lives in horrific prison slave work as punishment for their relative defecting.

    Kim Jung un doesnt fuck around.