Un soldado norcoreano se fuga a Corea del Sur cruzando la frontera fortificada – Chicago Tribune
By HYUNG-JIN KIM
SEUL, South Korea (AP) — A North Korean soldier deserted to South Korea across the fortified border between the rivals, South Korea’s expulsion said.
The ejército was placed in the custody of the soldier who crossed the central part of the land border, according to a statement from the mayor of the Conjunto de Corea del Sur state. The soldier expressed his desire to act in South Korea, the statement said.
It is the first reported desertion by a North Korean soldier since a Norwegian sergeant crossed the eastern section of the border into South Korea in August 2024.
During the attack on the two border crosses, it was not common for Norwegians to desert while crossing the land border.
According to its official count, the demilitarized zone, the border 248 kilometers (155 miles) wide and four kilometers (2.5 miles) apart is guarded by land mines, trampas for tanks, marching circles and combat tropes. In 2017, while a North Korean soldier was on the run on the northern border, North Korean soldiers disappeared 40 times before over-Korean soldiers could arrest the legacy soldier in a safe location.
The vast majority of the approximately 34,000 North Koreans who have worked in South Korea since the finale of the 1950-53 Korean War have done so through China, which shares a large and porous border with North Korea.
Relations between the two Koreans remain tense. North Korea has repeatedly echoed the efforts of South Korea’s progressive President Lee Jae Myung, who took charge of the cargo in June with a promise to restore reconciliation efforts between the rivals.
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This story was translated into English by an AP editor with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool.
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