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North Korean avoids land mines to cross DMZ into South Korea as Seoul softens stance on Pyongyang
A North Korean man crossed the DMZ on foot before midnight Thursday, asking South Korean troops for help in a rare defection through the fortified border.
North Korean crosses the heavily fortified border to South Korea
South Korean authorities plan to investigate the border crossing and did not immediately say whether they view the incident as a defection attempt.
North Korean eludes military, landmines to cross border into South Korea
The mission to safely guide the man to the South involved a considerable number of South Korean troops and took around 20 hours
North Korean detained after crossing land border: Seoul military
A North Korean civilian voluntarily crossed the heavily mined land border between the two countries, aided by the South's military in a delicate 20-hour operation, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff
North Korean crosses border; South investigates motive
An unidentified North Korean man crossed the heavily fortified land border separating the two Koreas and is in South Korean custody, the South’s military said on Friday. The South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the military identified and tracked the individual near the central-west section of the military demarcation line on Thursday night.
North Korean man risks death crossing deadly minefields before capture in South Korea
The South Korean military said it identified and tracked the unarmed man on Thursday night, before troops approached him near the Demilitarized Zone. He was taken into custody. Authorities have launched a probe into the incident.
(2nd LD) N. Korean civilian crosses heavily fortified border in presumed defection to S. Korea
A North Korean civilian crossed the heavily fortified inter-Korean land border this week, South Korea's military said Friday, in an apparent move to defect to the South. South Korean troops secured the man late Thursday night after identifying him in early morning hours around a shallow
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