A North Korean man crossed the DMZ on foot before midnight Thursday, asking South Korean troops for help in a rare defection ...

A North Korean man has crossed the heavily fortified demilitarized zone to the South. The apparent defection is unusual because most people escape via China, not the heavily guarded border separating ...

The unarmed man was found in the central-west border section before being led to safety by South Korean troops.

A North Korean man was taken into custody by the South Korean military after crossing the heavily fortified border between the two countries, according to the South’s Ministry of National Defense.

South Korean troops detain unarmed North Korean man after rare border crossing amid rising inter-Korean military tensions ...

Jihyang Kim escaped from North Korea in 2012, when she was 19. She told of the brutal realities of living under a communist ...

A North Korean individual crossed the heavily fortified DMZ and was taken into custody by the South's military, officials said Friday. File Photo by Thomas Maresca/UPI 28,193 people played the ...

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 ...

A North Korean military guard post, loudspeaker, top left, and South Korean army soldiers, bottom right, are seen from Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, on June 12, 2025.

SEOUL—A North Korean man made a daring escape to freedom, traversing on foot one of the world’s most fortified places: the Korean demilitarized zone. He was detected by South Korea’s ...

A South Korean soldier accidentally fired a machine gun round near the border with the North on Wednesday, marking the second such incident in less than a month, according to the South’s military.

A North Korean guard post is blown up in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), as seen from the South Korean border observatory, Nov. 20, 2018. South Korean Defense Ministry via AFP/Getty Images ...