TOPSHOT - North Korean soldiers patrol next to the border fence near the town of Sinuiju across from the Chinese border town of Dandong on February 10, 2016. North Korea has restarted a plutonium reactor that could fuel a nuclear bomb and is seeking missile technology that could threaten the United States, Washington's top spy said. AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE / AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)
South Korea troops caught a suspected North Korean man after crossing the heavily fortified de-militarized zone (DMZ) between the two countries.
After making his way for three hours through the zone which is filled with land mines and surrounded by barbed wire, he was caught by the South Korean troops who are now conducting an investigation to know whether he tried to defect. And while it is not known if the man is a civilian or a member of the military, the Joint Chief of Staff said in a statement: “He is presumed to be a North Korean and we’re conducting an investigation into details, including how he had come down and whether he wished to defect,”
It is incredibly rare for people to defect via the DMZ but a similar incident occurred last November.
