North Korean soldier defects to the South - South Korean defence official

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North Korean soldier defects to the South - South Korean defence official

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea early on Thursday, a South Korean defence ministry official said, the second known defection from the North in about five weeks.

 

The low-ranking North Korean soldier defected across the heavily militarized border between North and South Korea at around 8:04 a.m. (2304 GMT Wednesday) and no shots were fired, the official said.

 

Another North Korean soldier suffered critical gunshot wounds during a defection dash across the border on Nov. 13.

 

(Reporting by Haejin Choi; Editing by Paul Tait)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-12-21

[quadperfect]

Maybe these defectors are part of the strategy to get inside suicide killers .sleepers

I am sure they are quarenteen untill proven not carrying killer disease but no one knows anything about north korea.

I doubt they are put on the streets after a medical with a welfare check. 

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3 hours ago, quadperfect said:

Maybe these defectors are part of the strategy to get inside suicide killers .sleepers

I am sure they are quarenteen untill proven not carrying killer disease but no one knows anything about north korea.

I doubt they are put on the streets after a medical with a welfare check. 

Because that's the least obtrusive way for a North Korean to infiltrate?