A North Korean soldier crossed the inter-Korean border on Tuesday, South Korean authorities said, amid a summer of heightened tensions on the peninsula and as the US and South Korea conduct joint military exercises.
The South Korean armed forces said they had “secured custody” of the soldier and that he had been handed over to the relevant authorities to establish his intentions. South Korean media reports described him as a staff sergeant in the North Korean army.
The risky crossing, which occurred at the easternmost point of the heavily fortified demilitarised zone, marked the second possible North Korean defection to the South this month, after a civilian crossed a maritime border off the west coast in the first week of August.
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