AFTERMATH OF
A BLOODY DEFECTION?
A CHECKPOINT ON THE SOUTH KOREAN
SIDE OF THE DEMILITARIZED ZONE (DMZ)
SIDE OF THE DEMILITARIZED ZONE (DMZ)
On Saturday, October 6, 2012, a North Korean soldier "on guard duty at the border dividing the two Koreas" was reported to have shot his way to freedom, or at least to the southern side of the border, by killing both his platoon and squad leaders.
Today, October 8, the soldier-defector, said to be a sergeant, was reported to be being questioned by "a joint interrogation team from the South's military and the National Intelligence Service."
With a million soldiers, a "million or so land mines and miles of barbed wire" on a two-and-a-half mile-wide "demilitarized zone" stretching 160 miles east-west across the Korean Peninsula, defections across the DMZ are said to be "rare."
And so far, apparently being handled in a low-key fashion -- on both sides.
Today, October 8, the soldier-defector, said to be a sergeant, was reported to be being questioned by "a joint interrogation team from the South's military and the National Intelligence Service."
With a million soldiers, a "million or so land mines and miles of barbed wire" on a two-and-a-half mile-wide "demilitarized zone" stretching 160 miles east-west across the Korean Peninsula, defections across the DMZ are said to be "rare."
And so far, apparently being handled in a low-key fashion -- on both sides.
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