A North Korean soldier crossed the military demarcation line (MDL) between the two Koreas into the South at 1950 KST today, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) announced on Tuesday evening.
In what Seoul is describing as a "defection", the soldier of the Korean People's Army (KPA) crossed the border and arrived at a South Korean army guard post in the "central forward area".
A North Korean soldier crossed the military demarcation line (MDL) between the two Koreas into the South at 1950 KST today, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) announced on Tuesday evening.
In what Seoul is describing as a "defection", the soldier of the Korean People's Army (KPA) crossed the border and arrived at a South Korean army guard post in the "central forward area".
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